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On the Relation between the Acquisition of Singular-Plural Morpho-Syntax and the Conceptual Distinction between One and More Than One
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Barner, David; Thalwitz, Dora; Wood, Justin; Yang, Shu-Ju; Carey, Susan – Developmental Science, 2007
We investigated the relationship between the acquisition of singular-plural morpho-syntax and children's representation of the distinction between singular and plural sets. Experiment 1 tested 18-month-olds using the manual-search paradigm and found that, like 14-month-olds (Feigenson & Carey, 2005), they distinguished three objects from one but…
Descriptors: Cues, Nouns, Syntax, Morphemes