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Cardinal numerals : Old English from a cross-linguistic perspective /

The book embeds an analysis of the Old English numeral system and its particularities into a broader, cross-linguistic discussion and provides a theoretical framework for the general study of numeral systems. A novel perspective on the morphosyntactic behaviour of numerals allows the author to test...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mengden, Ferdinand von
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Colección:Topics in English linguistics ; 67.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Linguistic numeral systems
  • 2. The numeral system of Old English
  • 3. Complex numerals
  • 4. Numeral constructions in Old English
  • 5. The word class 'cardinal numeral'
  • Concluding remarks
  • References.