Language: Life without numbers

Susan J. Hespos

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.016

Language: Life without numbers

Susan J. Hespos^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Psychology

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Abstract

If your language did not have words for numbers, would you be able to think about numeric quantities? An Amazonian culture where number words are limited to one, two and many has provided new insights to the interaction between thought and language.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R927-R928
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	14
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.016
State	Published - Nov 9 2004

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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