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UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2004/newsitem/663/10-1
 1-June-2004-Linguistic-Perspectives-on-Numerical-E
 xpressions-Utrecht-Institute-of-Linguistics-OTS
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SUMMARY:Linguistic Perspectives on Numerical Expre
 ssions, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics-OTS
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040611
LOCATION:Utrecht Institute of Linguistics-OTS
DESCRIPTION:Knowledge of language and knowledge of
  the number system are two cognitive capacities th
 at have been characterized as being genuinely huma
 n. A core property which is shared by these two co
 gnitive domains is that of discrete infinity: just
  like the series of numbers goes on indefinitely (
 you can always add one more), you can go on buildi
 ng linguistic structures by adding new linguistic 
 material to the already built structure, as in Joh
 n and Peter and Sue and Betty and ... This propert
 y of discrete infinity accounts for the fact that 
 there is no limit in principle to how many words a
  sentence may contain. In Language and Problems of
  Knowledge, Noam Chomsky speculates on the idea th
 at the number faculty developed as a by-product of
  the language faculty. He states that we might thi
 nk of the human number faculty as essentially an a
 bstraction from human language, preserving the mec
 hanisms of discrete infinity and eliminating the o
 ther special features of language. This thought-pr
 ovoking idea suggests a certain relationship betwe
 en knowledge of language and numerical knowledge. 
 The general aim of the workshop is to further our 
 understanding of this relationship between the two
  cognitive systems.   For more information, a prog
 ram and an online registration form, see http://ww
 w.let.uu.nl/users/Joost.Zwarts/personal/numericals
 .htm
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n      <p>Knowledge 
 of language\nand knowledge of the number system ar
 e two cognitive capacities that have been\ncharact
 erized as being genuinely human. A core property w
 hich is shared by\nthese two cognitive domains is 
 that of discrete infinity: just like the series\no
 f numbers goes on indefinitely (you can always add
  one more), you can go on\nbuilding linguistic str
 uctures by adding new linguistic material to the a
 lready\nbuilt structure, as in <i>John and Peter a
 nd Sue and Betty and ...</i> This\nproperty of dis
 crete infinity accounts for the fact that there is
  no limit in\nprinciple to how many words a senten
 ce may contain. In <i>Language and Problems\nof Kn
 owledge</i>, Noam Chomsky speculates on the idea t
 hat the number faculty\ndeveloped as a by-product 
 of the language faculty. He states that we might\n
 think of the human number faculty as essentially a
 n abstraction from human\nlanguage, preserving the
  mechanisms of discrete infinity and eliminating t
 he\nother special features of language. This thoug
 ht-provoking idea suggests a\ncertain relationship
  between knowledge of language and numerical knowl
 edge. The\ngeneral aim of the workshop is to furth
 er our understanding of this\nrelationship between
  the two cognitive systems.\n      </p>\n    \n   
    <p>For more information, a program and an onlin
 e registration form, see\n        <a target="_blan
 k" href="http://www.let.uu.nl/users/Joost.Zwarts/p
 ersonal/numericals.htm">http://www.let.uu.nl/users
 /Joost.Zwarts/personal/numericals.htm</a>\n      <
 /p>\n    
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