Essays about: "numeral typology"

Found 2 essays containing the words numeral typology.

1. 1. "For the fifty-eleventh time" : Examining cross-linguistic properties of hyperbolic numerals and quasi-numeral expressions through parallel text extraction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Amanda Kann; [2022]
   Keywords : hyperbole; hyperbolic quantification; numeral typology; parallel texts; quasi-numerals; hyperbol; hyperbolisk kvantifiering; kvasinumeriska uttryck; parallelltexter; räkneordstypologi;

   Abstract : In some languages, vague and exaggerated quantities can be represented using certain conventionalised numeral expressions with cross-linguistically varying values, such as Danish hundredesytten "117". Hyperbolic quantities can also be expressed using other quantifier expressions (such as English zillion) which, while they do not denote a specific numerical value, have both structural and functional similarities with exact numerals. READ MORE

3. 2. Lexico-Semantic Areality in the Greater Hindu Kush : An Areal-Typological Study on Numerals and Kinship Terms

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Jacqueline Venetz; [2019]
   Keywords : Greater Hindu Kush; areal typology; lexical areality; numerals; kinship terms; Indo-Aryan; Iranian; Nuristani; Turkic; Tibeto-Burman; Burushaski;

   Abstract : The Greater Hindu Kush designates a mountainous area extending from Afghanistan over Pakistan, Tajikistan and India to the westernmost parts of China. It is home to over 50 lan- guages from six different phyla; Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE