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What Exactly Are You Counting? — What Yucatec Maya Reveals About Objects, Substance, and Number
Language as a Way of Thinking
Tymur Levitin
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08.11.2026
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37 min read
What Exactly Are You Counting? — What Yucatec Maya Reveals About Objects, Substance, and Number
A number tells us how many. But before we can count, we must know what qualifies as one. — Tymur Levitin Imagine a table with three things on it. A banana. A piece of paper. A glass of water. You point to the banana and say: One banana. Then you point to the paper: One […]
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