Language: Life without numbers.
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.
Hespos
Susan J
SJ
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College #512, Vanderbilt University, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA. s.hespos@vanderbilt.edu
D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008433:Mathematics; D008960:Models, Psychological; D014825:Vocabulary