Difference between revisions of "Number (definition)"

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- this term refers to the quantity of objects in the subjects. Such terms that would be put under number would be plural, singular, dual (two), trial (three), paucal (few).  
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this term refers to the quantity of objects in the subjects. Such terms that would be put under number would be plural, singular, dual (two), trial (three), paucal (few).  
  
 
*''for information on numbers for counting see [[Numerals]]''
 
*''for information on numbers for counting see [[Numerals]]''

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this term refers to the quantity of objects in the subjects. Such terms that would be put under number would be plural, singular, dual (two), trial (three), paucal (few).

  • for information on numbers for counting see Numerals

Refernces

Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997

Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.