We explored children's early interpretation of numerals and linguistic number marking, in
order to test the hypothesis (eg, Carey (2004). Bootstrapping and the origin of concepts …

Number words are generally used to refer to the exact cardinal value of a set, but cognitive
scientists disagree about their meanings. Although most psychological analyses …

This thesis investigates the phenomenon of polysemy: a single lexical form with two or
multiple related senses (eg catch the rabbit/order the rabbit; lose a wallet/lose a relative; a …

Shown an entity (eg, a plastic whisk) labeled by a novel noun in neutral syntax, speakers of
Japanese, a classifier language, are more likely to assume the noun refers to the substance …

A study of 104 Japanese-speaking 2-to 5-year-olds tested the relation between numeral and
quantifier acquisition. A first study assessed Japanese children's comprehension of …

Based on the insight that a measure word (M) in [Num (Adj)-C/MN] is semantically
substantive, while a classifier (C) is redundant and does not block modification or …

Previous studies showed that children learning a language with an obligatory singular/plural
distinction (Russian and English) learn the meaning of the number word for one earlier than …

We test the claim that acquiring a mass-count language, like English, causes speakers to
think differently about entities in the world, relative to speakers of classifier languages like …

This volume explores the expression of the concepts count and mass in human language
and probes the complex relation between seemingly incontrovertible aspects of meaning …

Two experiments explored two-to five-year-old Mandarin-speaking children's acquisition of
classifiers, mandatory morphemes for expressing quantities in many Asian languages …