The mentally retarded child's deficiency in arithmetic reasoning may be largely accounted for by his lower language competence. The noun phrase contains the fundamental language vehicle for presenting arithmetic or quantitative concepts. A detailed analysis of the noun phrase is presented to illustrate its arithmetic importance.
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