The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study
Complex numerals are numerals composed of two or more numeral roots, e.g., three hundred five. Complex numerals fall into two classes called additive (e.g., twenty-three = 20 + 3) and multiplicative (e.g., three hundred = 3 × 100). There are two possible approaches to capturing their structure. Ana...
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Complex numerals are numerals composed of two or more numeral roots, e.g., three hundred five. Complex numerals fall into two classes called additive (e.g., twenty-three = 20 + 3) and multiplicative (e.g., three hundred = 3 × 100). There are two possible approaches to capturing their structure. Analysis A (e.g., He 2015) says that complex numerals form a constituent that quantifies over entities denoted by the noun. Analysis B (e.g., Ionin and Matushansky 2018) says that each numeral independently combines with the expression denoting counted entities. This article investigates the morphology of complex numerals in a sample of 17 diverse languages to determine which of these analyses (if any) is more accurate. Our goal is to lay out the patterns and discuss how well they fit with these theories. Our preliminary conclusion is that both structures should be allowed based on the data in our sample, though structures adhering to Analysis A (the complex numeral is a constituent) seem to be more common than the other type.
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ff7279b453549bb931c335c52d1b6dd2025-01-21T05:13:43ZengThe John Paul II Catholic University of LublinLingBaW2450-51882022-12-01810.31743/lingbaw.14966The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic studyLukáš Žoha0Marcin Wągiel1Pavel Caha2Masaryk University, BrnoMasaryk University, Brno , Czechia & University of WrocławMasaryk University, Brno Complex numerals are numerals composed of two or more numeral roots, e.g., three hundred five. Complex numerals fall into two classes called additive (e.g., twenty-three = 20 + 3) and multiplicative (e.g., three hundred = 3 × 100). There are two possible approaches to capturing their structure. Analysis A (e.g., He 2015) says that complex numerals form a constituent that quantifies over entities denoted by the noun. Analysis B (e.g., Ionin and Matushansky 2018) says that each numeral independently combines with the expression denoting counted entities. This article investigates the morphology of complex numerals in a sample of 17 diverse languages to determine which of these analyses (if any) is more accurate. Our goal is to lay out the patterns and discuss how well they fit with these theories. Our preliminary conclusion is that both structures should be allowed based on the data in our sample, though structures adhering to Analysis A (the complex numeral is a constituent) seem to be more common than the other type. https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/LingBaW/article/view/14966complex numeralscountingmorphologysyntaxlinguistic typology |
| spellingShingle | Lukáš Žoha Marcin Wągiel Pavel Caha The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study LingBaW complex numerals counting morphology syntax linguistic typology |
| title | The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study |
| title_full | The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study |
| title_fullStr | The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study |
| title_short | The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study |
| title_sort | morphology of complex numerals a cross linguistic study |
| topic | complex numerals counting morphology syntax linguistic typology |
| url | https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/LingBaW/article/view/14966 |
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