Decomposing form and meaning of cardinal numerals across languages
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
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| Description | In this paper, I discuss various linguistic strategies to mark the distinction between counting parts of a plurality and reference to number concepts attested across a broad sample of typologically and genetically diverse languages. I propose that the attested marking patterns can be captured by assuming an underlying universal semantic structure that can be mapped onto a number of formal exponents which can pronounce either the whole structure or its part. |
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