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The Name of the Number [electronic resource].
The Name of the Number [electronic resource].
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Camberwell : Australian Council for Educational Research, 2007.
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Date
2007.
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
1 online resource (126 p.)
Content type
text
Media type
computer
Carrier type
online resource
Contents
CONTENTS; List of tables; Series overview; About the author; Preface; 0 Introduction; 1 The language families of the world; 2 The notion of a base; 3 Other aspects of number: words and symbols; 4 Grammar: the grammatical status of number-words; 5 Early history of numerical concepts; 6 Developed syst...
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Publisher
Camberwell : Australian Council for Educational Research, 2007.
Series
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
The Name of the Number We're used to the idea that 'closely related' languages have words that are similar to English. For example, the word for 'three' in Latin, French, Italian and German is 'tres', 'trois', 'tre' and 'drei'. But did you know that the word for 'three' in Sanskrit is 'trayah'? How can words from completely different languages...
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The Name of the Number [electronic resource].
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BOOK
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General note
The Emergence of Number
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English
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Record Identifier
74VKaVNEpAgl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVNEpAgl
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ISBN
1-4294-8314-8
DDC
513
MMS ID
991024415551402626
