WĄGIEL, Marcin. Cognitive and linguistic aspects of counting. In Pozvaná přednáška na Univerzitě v Hradci Králové v rámci Center for the Study of Language, Mind and Society, 23. 10. 2019, Hradec Králové. 2019.
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Original name Cognitive and linguistic aspects of counting
Authors WĄGIEL, Marcin (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Pozvaná přednáška na Univerzitě v Hradci Králové v rámci Center for the Study of Language, Mind and Society, 23. 10. 2019, Hradec Králové, 2019.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Requested lectures
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/19:00108026
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English counting; numerals; cardinals; numeric quantification
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Tags International impact
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Abstract
In the talk, I will present psychological and linguistic evidence for the relevance of the non-overlap and integrity conditions on numeric quantification over individuals. I will discuss Gelman & Gallistel’s (1978) three principles of counting and the corresponding Quinean bootstrapping theory of number acquisition (Carey 2009). Next, I will confront it with the object/substance distinction in children’s and other primates’ perception (Soja et al. 1991 and Hauser & Carey 2003, respectively). Furthermore, I will discuss a number of related cognitive phenomena such as the part-whole perception (Elkind et al. 1964), the whole object assumption (Markman 1990) and the relevance of discrete entities (Shipley & Shepperson 1990). Finally, I will present linguistic evidence including, e.g., object mass nouns (Barner & Snedeker 2005) and proportional quantifiers (Wągiel 2018) demonstrating that human language faculty, i.e., not only perception but also grammar, is sensitive to the notions of non-overlap and integrity.
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GA17-16111S, research and development projectName: Formální přístupy ke gramatickému číslu ve slovanských jazycích
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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