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What time words teach us about children's acquisition of the temporal reasoning system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

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Katharine A. Tillman*
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Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712. ktillman@utexas.eduwww.katharinetillman.com
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Abstract

Here I consider the possible role of the temporal updating system in the development of the temporal reasoning system. Using evidence from children's acquisition of time words, I argue that abstract temporal concepts are not built from primitive representations of time. Instead, I propose that language and cultural learning provide the primary sources of the temporal reasoning system.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e275
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