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Are the words or symbols that are spoken or written represent numbers. For example, in English, cardinal numerals are “one” “two” “three”, etc. or 1,2,3 and ordinal numerals are 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.  
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Numerals are the words that are used for counting and represent specific quantities of items.  
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Numerals]]
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*[[Cardinal (definition)]]
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*[[Ordinal (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_(linguistics)
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
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[[Category: Parts of Speech]]

Revision as of 09:37, 15 June 2012

Numerals are the words that are used for counting and represent specific quantities of items.

See Also

External Links

References

  • Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.