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Dolscheid, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-9104-6386, Winter, Christina, Ostrowski, Lea and Penke, Martina ORCID: 0000-0003-4686-7673 (2017). The many ways quantifiers count: Children's quantifier comprehension and cardinal number knowledge are not exclusively related. Cogn. Dev., 44. S. 21 - 32. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. ISSN 1879-226X

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Abstract

Children's comprehension of quantifiers (like all, many, some) correlates with their cardinal number knowledge. However, it is unclear whether children's quantifier comprehension is exclusively related to cardinal number knowledge or whether the relationship extends to approximate number skills. To find out, we tested German-speaking children in a quantifier comprehension task, a 'Give-n task', and a non-symbolic number comparison task ('ANS task'). While we observed a significant correlation between quantifier and number knowledge in German-speaking children (age- and IQ-controlled), quantifiers did not mediate the relationship between cardinal number knowledge and age. This result suggests that quantifiers do not support number acquisition, contrasting with previous findings in English. Our results also revealed links between quantifier knowledge and approximate number skills, suggesting that quantifier and cardinal number skills are not exclusively related. Rather, children's quantifier knowledge seems to be linked to number skills in a more general way, including approximate number skills.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Dolscheid, Sarah UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-6386 UNSPECIFIED Winter, Christina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ostrowski, Lea UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Penke, Martina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4686-7673 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-214930
DOI:	10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.08.004
Journal or Publication Title:	Cogn. Dev.
Volume:	44
Page Range:	S. 21 - 32
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1879-226X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Heilpädagogik und Rehabilitation
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ACQUISITION; DISCRIMINATION; PRAGMATICS; ACUITY; SYSTEM; WORDS Multiple languages Psychology, Developmental; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21493