Inference and exact numerical representation in early language development

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-62

  Barner, David ^a   Bachrach, Asaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting; Exactness; Inference; Language acquisition; Number; Pragmatics; Quantifiers; Scalar implicature; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449687863     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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