Re: QUESTION: types of plurals, few/many
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 20, 2002, 7:36 |
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--- Marcus Smith wrote:
> In his typology of Number systems, Greville Corbett distinguishes:
> singular (1)
> dual (2)
> trial (3)
> paucal (a few)
> plural (more than 1, or more than indicated by any more specific numbers)
> greater plural (an excessive amount, or all the X in the world)
That's all very nice indeed, but I feel that in such a rich system this one may
not fail:
nullar (0)
Jan
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