2011
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-010-9291-0
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The origin of counting: A study of the early meaning of ‘one’, ‘two’ and ‘three’ among Basque- and Spanish-speaking children

Abstract: This study examines the beginning of the conceptual understanding of the first number-words and what role language can play in developing the notion of numbers. To that end, 2½-and 3½-year-old Basque and Spanish monolingual children's (N=131) basic numeracy skills are analysed by means of two different experimental procedures: Give-N (in which children are requested to gather sets of objects) and How-Many (based on the ability to count collections). The paper accounts for differences as regards the performance… Show more

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“…Thus, despite the fact that Mandarin and English are very different languages, learners of both languages learn number word meanings in the same sequence. Indeed, this is so for all languages yet studied (Almoammer et al, 2013; Barner, Libenson, et al, 2009; Piantadosi, Jara-Ettinger, & Gibson, 2014; Sarnecka et al, 2007; Villarroel, Miñón, & Nuño, 2011). …”
Section: Study 1: Comparison Of English and Mandarin Learnersmentioning
confidence: 81%
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“…Thus, despite the fact that Mandarin and English are very different languages, learners of both languages learn number word meanings in the same sequence. Indeed, this is so for all languages yet studied (Almoammer et al, 2013; Barner, Libenson, et al, 2009; Piantadosi, Jara-Ettinger, & Gibson, 2014; Sarnecka et al, 2007; Villarroel, Miñón, & Nuño, 2011). …”
Section: Study 1: Comparison Of English and Mandarin Learnersmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…Thus the presence or absence of singular/plural marking on nouns and on verbs does not affect the sequence of acquisition of number word meanings and of the cardinal principle. Given evidence of the same sequence in multiple languages, namely, English (e.g., Wynn, 1990, 1992), Arabic and Slovenian (Almoammer et al, 2013), Japanese and Russian (Barner, Libenson, et al, 2009; Sarnecka et al 2007), Tsimane’ (Piantadosi et al, 2014), and Basque and Spanish (Villarroel et al, 2011), this suggests that the hypothesis space that constrains number word learning is cross-linguistically universal.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similar preparatory sessions in which puppets are used as stimulus to support children’s involvement in a research activity regarding young children’s understanding of scientific notions have been successfully used in other studies (i.e., Villarroel et al 2011). …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In research focusing on preschool education, using a puppet is a popular strategy for collecting data (e.g., Aknin, Hammlin & Dunn, 2012;Villarroel, 2016;Villarroel, Minon & Nuno, 2011). In the current research, the puppet was used by the researcher and known as Bitta.…”
Section: Issn 1648-3898mentioning
confidence: 99%