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Direct linkBrooks, Neon; Pogue, Amanda; Barner, David – Developmental Science, 2011
When asked to "find three forks", adult speakers of English use the noun "fork" to identify units for counting. However, when number words (e.g. "three") and quantifiers (e.g. "more", "every") are used with unfamiliar words ("Give me three blickets") noun-specific conceptual criteria are unavailable for picking out units. This poses a problem for…
Descriptors: Children, Language Acquisition, Numeracy, Number Concepts
