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Are the words or symbols that orthographically 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 Number (definition)]]
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*[[Ordinal Number (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]]

Latest 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.