Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part 1 Prosody and Phonology
- Part 2 Inflectional and Derivational Morphology
- Part 3 Syntax
- 13 Agreement
- 14 Wh-Constructions and Wh-Dependencies
- 15 Coordination and Subordination in Slavic Languages
- 16 Numerals and Quantity Expressions
- 17 Placement and Ordering of the (En)clitics
- 18 Secondary Predication
- 19 Negation and Polarity
- 20 Null Subjects
- 21 Voice
- 22 Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure
- Part 4 Lexicon
- Part 5 Sociolinguistic and Geographical Approaches
- Part 6 Experimental and Quantitative Approaches
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
16 - Numerals and Quantity Expressions
from Part 3 - Syntax
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2024
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part 1 Prosody and Phonology
- Part 2 Inflectional and Derivational Morphology
- Part 3 Syntax
- 13 Agreement
- 14 Wh-Constructions and Wh-Dependencies
- 15 Coordination and Subordination in Slavic Languages
- 16 Numerals and Quantity Expressions
- 17 Placement and Ordering of the (En)clitics
- 18 Secondary Predication
- 19 Negation and Polarity
- 20 Null Subjects
- 21 Voice
- 22 Morphosyntactic Reflexes of Information Structure
- Part 4 Lexicon
- Part 5 Sociolinguistic and Geographical Approaches
- Part 6 Experimental and Quantitative Approaches
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
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.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics , pp. 337 - 364Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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