Numbers and objects -- What does it mean to be a number? -- Can words be numbers? -- The language legacy -- Children's route to number: from iconic representations to numerical thinking -- The organisation of our cognitive number domain -- Non-verbal number systems -- Numbers in language: the grammatical integration of numerical tools
Summary
This book 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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-339) and index
