On counting wholes and parts : Cognitive and linguistic perspectives
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/events/counting-wholes-and-parts-cognitive-and-linguistic-perspectives" target="_blank" >https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/events/counting-wholes-and-parts-cognitive-and-linguistic-perspectives</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
On counting wholes and parts : Cognitive and linguistic perspectives
Original language description
In the talk, I will explore natural language expressions concerning counting entities conceptualized as whole objects as well as entities conceptualized as parts. I will present psychological and linguistic evidence for the relevance of the non-overlap and integrity conditions on numeric quantification. 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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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-16107S" target="_blank" >GA20-16107S: Part-whole structures across languages</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů