The logical syntax of number words: Theory, acquisition and processing

Cognition

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-45

  Musolino, Julien ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Linguistics; Number words; Psychology; Quantification; Scope; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINDERGARTEN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS;

EID: 60849085158     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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