The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study

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dc.contributor.authorŽoha, Lukáš
dc.contributor.authorWągiel, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorCaha, Pavel
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-15T12:05:05Z
dc.date.available2024-05-15T12:05:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractComplex 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.
dc.identifier.citation"Linguistics Beyond and Within", 2022, Vol. 8, pp. 200-217
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/lingbaw.14966
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/7007
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectcomplex numerals
dc.subjectcounting
dc.subjectmorphology
dc.subjectsyntax
dc.subjectlinguistic typology
dc.titleThe morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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