Number
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*plural (PLR) | *plural (PLR) | ||
**More than one member of a designated class. | **More than one member of a designated class. | ||
| − | *dual (DUA) | + | **dual (DUA) |
| − | **Two members of a designated class. | + | ***Two members of a designated class. |
| − | *trial (TRI) | + | **trial (TRI) |
| − | **Three members of a designated class. | + | ***Three members of a designated class. |
| − | *quadrual (QDR) | + | **quadrual (QDR) |
| − | **Four members of a designated class. | + | ***Four members of a designated class. |
| − | *paucal (PAU) | + | **paucal (PAU) |
| − | **Few members of a designated class. | + | ***Few members of a designated class. |
| − | *multal (MUL) | + | **multal (MUL) |
| − | **Many members of a designated class. | + | ***Many members of a designated class. |
*invariant (INV) | *invariant (INV) | ||
**The word is invariant, i.e., has a single form used both in singular and plural. | **The word is invariant, i.e., has a single form used both in singular and plural. | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 14 January 2010
Number is a category that typically corresponds to the actual quantity of the referents of a given noun.
Natural Language
In natural languages, number may be represented by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc). In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:
UNL
Grammatical number, a morphological grammatical category indicating the quantity of referents
To be represented by attributes, if marked.
person = person persons = person.@pl people = people (number lexicalized)
Number attributes
- @pl (plural)
- books = book.@pl
- children = child.@pl
- livres = livre.@pl
- @paucal (some)
- a few books = book.@paucal
- some books = book.@paucal
- @multal (many)
- many books = book.@multal
- several books = book.@multal
- @all (all)
- all books = book.@all
- @any (any)
- any books = book.@any
- @not (no)
- no book = book.@not
