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'''Number''' is an inflectional [[dimension]] used on [[countable]] [[referring expression|referring expressions]] to designate the number of referents concerned. Languages differ as to how number is categorized. The most common distinctions are between [[singular]], [[dual]], [[paucal]] and [[plural]]. | '''Number''' is an inflectional [[dimension]] used on [[countable]] [[referring expression|referring expressions]] to designate the number of referents concerned. Languages differ as to how number is categorized. The most common distinctions are between [[singular]], [[dual]], [[paucal]] and [[plural]]. | ||
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*[[Greville G. Corbett|Corbett, Greville G.]] 2000. ''Number.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | *[[Greville G. Corbett|Corbett, Greville G.]] 2000. ''Number.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | ||
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| + | === Links === | ||
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| + | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Number&lemmacode=518 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
===Other languages=== | ===Other languages=== | ||
| − | French [[nombre (fr)]] German [[Numerus]] | + | *French [[nombre (fr)]] |
| + | *German [[Numerus]] | ||
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| − | [[Category:Number|!]] | + | [[Category:Number|!]][[Category:Syntax]] |
Latest revision as of 16:52, 18 July 2014
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Number is an inflectional dimension used on countable referring expressions to designate the number of referents concerned. Languages differ as to how number is categorized. The most common distinctions are between singular, dual, paucal and plural.
It is one of the phi-features which may be involved in agreement. The most common number features are +/- plural and +/- singular.
Synonyms
- cardinality (though this generally refers to the purely semantic level, while number designates an inflectional category)
Polysemy
The term number is also commonly used (non-technically, and not quite accurately) in the sense of numeral.
Inflectional categories
Reference
- Corbett, Greville G. 2000. Number. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
Other languages
- French nombre (fr)
- German Numerus
