In the Numerical Quantification condition, participants were asked
to name aloud the number of colored digits and the name of those digits
(e.g. “Three twos”). In this condition, the cardinal number which acts as
a modifier characterized the exact cardinality of sets. Thus, in this case,
‘three’ meant “having exactly three members” (Bale and Khanjian,
2011; Ionin and Matushansky, 2006). In contrast, in the Complex
Number condition, participants were asked to name aloud the
two-digit complex number formed by the two colored digits onscreen
(e.g., “thirty-two”). Crucially, both this condition and Numerical Quantification
combined two number words, but the combinatory operation
is different (quantifying the number of numbers vs. creating a complex
number). On the basis of Del Prato and Pylkkänen's (2014) findings, we
expected no LATL involvement in the processing of the numerical quantifications.
If complex numbers patterned similarly, this would suggest
that numbers in general cannot function as the “additional feature”
whose incorporation constitutes LATL-relevant conceptual combination.
In contrast, if complex numbers do engage the LATL, this would indicate
that the combinatory operation housed in the LATL does not
necessarily require conceptually rich input items, but instead, will also
operate on featurally impoverished concepts such as numbers.
In the Numerical Quantification condition, participants were askedto name aloud the number of colored digits and the name of those digits(e.g. “Three twos”). In this condition, the cardinal number which acts asa modifier characterized the exact cardinality of sets. Thus, in this case,‘three’ meant “having exactly three members” (Bale and Khanjian,2011; Ionin and Matushansky, 2006). In contrast, in the ComplexNumber condition, participants were asked to name aloud thetwo-digit complex number formed by the two colored digits onscreen(e.g., “thirty-two”). Crucially, both this condition and Numerical Quantificationcombined two number words, but the combinatory operationis different (quantifying the number of numbers vs. creating a complexnumber). On the basis of Del Prato and Pylkkänen's (2014) findings, weexpected no LATL involvement in the processing of the numerical quantifications.If complex numbers patterned similarly, this would suggestthat numbers in general cannot function as the “additional feature”whose incorporation constitutes LATL-relevant conceptual combination.In contrast, if complex numbers do engage the LATL, this would indicatethat the combinatory operation housed in the LATL does notnecessarily require conceptually rich input items, but instead, will alsooperate on featurally impoverished concepts such as numbers.
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