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Alternative spin on phylogenetically inherited spatial reference frames
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Classifiers as Count Syntax: Individuation and Measurement in the Acquisition of Mandarin ...
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Does the Conceptual Distinction Between Singular and Plural Sets Depend on Language? ...
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Words as Windows to Thought: The Case of Object Representation ...
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Numerical morphology supports early number word learning: Evidence from a comparison of young Mandarin and English learners
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Words as Windows to Thought: The Case of Object Representation
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Learning that classifiers count: Mandarin-speaking children’s acquisition of sortal and mensural classifiers
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Syntactic Cues to Individuation in Mandarin Chinese
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When presented with an entity (e.g., a wooden honey-dipper) labeled with a novel noun, how does a listener know that the noun refers to an instance of an object kind (honey-dipper) rather than to a substance kind (wood)? While English speakers draw upon count-mass syntax for clues to the noun’s meaning, linguists have proposed that classifier languages, which lack count-mass syntax, provide other syntactic cues. Three experiments tested Mandarin-speakers’ sensitivity to the diminutive suffix -zi and the general classifier ge when interpreting novel nouns. Experiment 1 found that -zi occurs more frequently with nouns that denote object kinds. Experiment 2 demonstrated Mandarin-speaking adults’ sensitivity to ge and -zi when inferring novel word meanings. Experiment 3 tested Mandarin three- to six-year-olds’ sensitivity to ge. We discuss differences in the developmental course of these cues relative to cues in English, and the impact of this difference to children’s understanding of individuation.
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Of Substance: The Nature of Language Effects on Entity Construal
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