The work of Glendon Lean on the counting systems of Papua New Guinea and Oceania

@article{Owens2001TheWO,
  title={The work of Glendon Lean on the counting systems of Papua New Guinea and Oceania},
  author={Kay Owens},
  journal={Mathematics Education Research Journal},
  year={2001},
  volume={13},
  pages={47-71}
}
  • K. Owens
  • Published 1 April 2001
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematics Education Research Journal
Glendon Lean collated data on nearly 900 counting systems of Papua New Guinea, Oceania, and Irian Jaya (West Papua). Lean’s data came from a questionnaire completed by students and talks with village elders. He read old documents written in English, German, and Dutch. He made comparisons between older and new accounts of the counting systems and compared neighbouring counting systems from both Austronesian and non-Austronesian languages. His work drew attention to the rich diversity of the… 
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