Number conception and application / author(s) Penglin Wang (Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Central Washington University, WA, US).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Penglin, author.

Series:

Languages and linguistics series.

Languages and linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Numerals.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Numerals--History.

Numerals.

Symbolism of numbers.

Numeration--History.

Numeration.

Semiotics.

Anthropological linguistics.

Reference (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How number words came about? This book offers a trenchant answer to the question, explaining number conception and application slot by slot through a host of Eurasian languages. The cross-linguistic lack of width and depth in numeracy studies, which has existed for a long time, seemed impossible to overcome. This discouraging situation has now changed dramatically with Dr. Penglin Wang's entering the field. This book is designed to investigate the linguistic and semiotic sources of number words, especially the cardinal numbers, in Altaic, Indo-European, and Sino-Tibetan languages and will prov

Contents:

Introduction

Number application and its cognitive significance

Cognitive correlations between the number three and third person pronouns

Ternary symbolism

A geometric perception of Cropland and village in Eurasia by using the words for four, square

A further study of the cognitive significance of the number four in Eurasia

Quinary conception

Septenary conception.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-733-7

OCLC:

894667987