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Does grammatical number support the acquisition of number words?
Anna Shusterman, Abigail Seevak, Petra Mišmaš, Franc Marušič, Rok Žaucer, 2023, published scientific conference contribution

Keywords: Slovenian, grammatical number, acquisition, number words, dual
Published in RUNG: 21.07.2023; Views: 764; Downloads: 2
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Beyond Knower Levels: Early partial knowledge of number words
Katie Wagner, Franc Marušič, Vesna Plesničar, Tina Razboršek, Jessica Sullivan, Rok Žaucer, David Barner, 2015, published scientific conference contribution abstract

Abstract: Although both syntax and number words can indicate quantity, only numbers can specify large exact quantities. Do children use syntax to bootstrap preliminary meanings of number words before mastering precise meanings? We compared errors across languages on a Give-a-Number task in non-knowers (who have adult meanings for no number words) and subset knowers (who have adult meanings for fewer than five number words). Participants included learners of English, Spanish, French, and two dialects of Slovenian. One dialect, Central Slovenian, has rich number morphology including singular, dual, small plural, and large plural (for 5+). In all languages, subset knowers and some non-knowers demonstrated better than random responding for at least 2 number words beyond the largest number word they comprehended precisely. Additionally, Central Slovenian-learning non- and 1- knowers responded more accurately to requests for higher numbers than their counterparts in other languages, suggesting that rich plural marking may bootstrap number word meanings.
Keywords: knower level, grammatical number, acquisition of number words, bootstrapping
Published in RUNG: 21.03.2016; Views: 4811; Downloads: 0
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