James Negen|Barbara W. Sarnecka
Number?Concept Acquisition and General Vocabulary Development
University of California, Irvine|University of California, Irvine
numberconcept acquisition related overall language development experiments 1 2 measured numberword knowledge general vocabulary total 59 children ages 3060 months strong correlation found numberword knowledge vocabulary independent childs age contrary previous results ansari et al 2003 result calls question arguments numberconcept creation process scaffolded mainly visuospatial development b language becomes integrated concepts created ansari et al 2003 instead may suggest larger nominal vocabulary helps children learn number words experiment 3 shows differences previous results likely due changes data analyzed