2019
Universal semantic features and the typology of numerals
CAHA, Pavel and Marcin WĄGIELBasic information
Original name
Universal semantic features and the typology of numerals
Authors
CAHA, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Marcin WĄGIEL (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
The Meaning of Numerals: Cognitive, Experimental, and Semantic Perspectives, Leibniz-Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, March 27-28 2019, Berlin, 2019
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Presentations at conferences
Field of Study
60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/19:00108030
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English
numerals; cardinals; typology; morphosemantics; Nanosyntax
Tags
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International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 19/2/2020 14:11, Mgr. Igor Hlaváč
Abstract
In the original language
The paper proposes a unified morpho-semantic account for the typological variation inform and meaning of cardinal numerals. In particular, we investigate the morphological marking of different types of cardinals and argue that despite an apparent morphological chaos, it is possible toidentify cross-linguistically stable semantic ingredients, which compositionally provide the attested typesof numerals. We adopt the framework of Nanosyntax (Starke 2009 et seq.) as a model of morphology which, when applied to the semantic structures we propose, delivers the relevant marking patterns. The model we develop is broadly based on the idea that the meaning components are uniformly structuredacross languages, and they must all be pronounced, though languages differ in how they pronounce them.
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