Essays about: "räkneord"

Found 2 essays containing the word räkneord.

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. Noun categorisation in North Halmahera

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Leif Asplund; [2015]
   Keywords : Noun categorisation; North Halmahera languages; numeral classifiers; numerals; gender.; Substantivkategorisering; Nord-Halmahera-språk; numeriska klassificerare; räkneord; genus.;

   Abstract : The languages spoken on northern Halmahera and surrounding small islands constitute a group of related ‘Papuan’ languages called North Halmahera. They are also, together with other Papuan and Austronesian languages, included in a proposed sprachbund which is called East Nusantara. READ MORE