MIT Scientist Discovers Living Amazon Language Without Numbers
MIT Scientist Discovers Living Amazon Language Without Numbers
An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT team led by professor of brain and cognitive sciences Edward Gibson.
The team found that members of the Piraha tribe in remote northwestern Brazil use language to express relative quantities such as "some" and "more," but not precise numbers.
It is often assumed that counting is an innate part of human cognition,said Gibson, "but here...
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