Quantity evaluations in Yudja: judgements, language and cultural practice

Rothstein, Susan; Lima, Suzi

doi:10.1007/s11229-018-02016-5

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2018

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-02016-5

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Quantity evaluations in Yudja: judgements, language and cultural practice

Susan Rothstein

Suzi Lima

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“…Barton (2018) proposes an explanation of how the metaphysics and epistemology of zero can be analyzed satisfactorily within the enculturation framework by combining mathematical (numbers as properties of collections), philosophical (the philosophy of absence), and empirical (numerical cognition) studies. Rothstein and Lima (2018) present a study of the interpretation of quantity expressions in the Amazonian language of Yudja. The Yudja language allows for reference to exact cardinalities of collections, but Rothstein and Lima show that the expressions of exact cardinalities are not automatically used for exact measurements.…”

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A typology of the mass/count distinction in Brazil and its relevance for mass/count theories

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While much work has been done on the description of the mass/count distinction in different geographical areas, Brazilian Indigenous languages are still highly underrepresented in the field. This paper presents the results of a project that involved researchers describing the mass/count distinction in 15 Brazilian Indigenous languages, based on a questionnaire we prepared in 2016 in order to explore the distribution of bare nouns, plurals, numerals, and quantifiers (see Appendix). Three main observations will be drawn. First, number marking and countability are independent. Second, counting is not restricted to natural atoms. Third, since there seems to be no systematic symmetry in the distribution of plurals, numerals, and quantifiers, we argue that the standard diagnostics for countable vs. non-countable nouns are highly language-specific.

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Descrição de nomes contáveis e massivos em Parkatêjê

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Neste trabalho apresentamos a distribuição de nomes contáveis e massivos em Parkatêjê. Analisamos a distribuição de marcação de número, numerais e quantificadores em construções com nomes contáveis e massivos. Com base em dados de entrevistas em comunidades Parkatêjê, mostramos que podemos distinguir nomes contáveis de nomes massivos com base na distribuição de numerais e quantificadores. Embora os numerais possam ser combinados diretamente aos numerais, os nomes massivos requerem uma unidade de contagem/medida nessas construções. Nossa descrição da distribuição de quantificadores mostrou que alguns quantificadores podem ser combinados com todos os nomes; outros são usados especificamente com nomes contáveis e outros são usados apenas com nomes massivos. A distribuição do morfema plural é restrita aos nomes humanos. Desta forma, a distribuição do plural não é um aspecto da língua que pode ser usado para distinguir nomes contáveis de nomes massivos. Por fim, com base na proposta de Chierchia de 2010, concluímos que Parkatêjê apresenta características tanto de línguas de número marcado como de línguas de número neutro.

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Quantity evaluations in Yudja: judgements, language and cultural practice

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References 47 publications

Mathematical cognition and enculturation: introduction to the Synthese special issue

Mathematical cognition and enculturation: introduction to the Synthese special issue

A typology of the mass/count distinction in Brazil and its relevance for mass/count theories

Descrição de nomes contáveis e massivos em Parkatêjê

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