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Sarnecka, Barbara W.; Kamenskaya, Valentina G.; Yamana, Yuko; Ogura, Tamiko; Yudovina, Yulia B. – Cognitive Psychology, 2007
This study examined whether singular/plural marking in a language helps children learn the meanings of the words "one," "two," and "three." First, CHILDES data in English, Russian (which marks singular/plural), and Japanese (which does not) were compared for frequency, variability, and contexts of number-word use.…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Foreign Countries, Morphology (Languages), Cues
Miyagawa, Shigeru, Ed.; And Others – Papers in Linguistics, 1983
A volume combining two special issues of "Papers in Linguistics" contains 10 papers concerning Japanese language use and 12 concerning languages of the U.S.S.R. The papers on Japanese include: "Intrusion in Japanese Conversation,""Japanese Use of English Loans,""Some Discourse Principles and Lengthy Sentences in…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar