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16 - Numerals and Quantity Expressions

from Part 3 - Syntax

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Steven Franks
Edited by
Danko Šipka  and
Wayles Browne
Danko Šipka
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
Wayles Browne
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

The seemingly idiosyncratic behavior of numerals in Russian and other Slavic languages has long puzzled linguists. This entry describes the core phenomena, taking Russian as a point of departure. Significant differences in other Slavic languages are also identified, since a central problem of analysis is how variation across Slavic might be accommodated. The core data issues concern case and agreement, the former with respect to the phrase containing the numeral, the latter both internal to the numeral phrase as well as between it and the predicate. Related phenomena exhibited by other quantity expressions are also presented. In the course of the presentation, several conceptual approaches are briefly identified, and the reader is directed to relevant research.

Keywords

numeralscasenumberagreementquantity expressionsinterlinguistic variation
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The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics , pp. 337 - 364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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