ISBN: 9780521108652 - numbers, language, and the human mind (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. This 2003 book discusses the relationship between numerical thinking and the human language faculty. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: CFD; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554. . 2010. Reissue. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - What constitutes our number concept What makes it possible for us to employ numbers the way we do; which mental faculties contribute to our grasp of numbers What do we share with other species, and what is specific to humans How does our language faculty come into the picture This 2003 book addresses these questions and discusses the relationship between numerical thinking and the human language faculty, providing psychological, linguistic and philosophical perspectives on number, its evolution and its development in children. Heike Wiese argues that language as a human faculty plays a crucial role in the emergence of systematic numerical thinking. She characterises number sequences as powerful and highly flexible mental tools that are unique to humans and shows that it is language that enables us to go beyond the perception of numerosity and to develop such mental tools.…