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Universal 1748:

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Universal 1748:

Original
If there are synonyms for an ordinal numeral, then there are also synonyms for ordinals for all lower numbers.
Standardized
IF there are synonyms for an ordinal numeral, THEN there are also synonyms for ordinals for all lower numbers.
Keywords
numeral, ordinal, synonym
Domain
lexicon
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 100 languages, listed in the appendix
Source
Stolz 1999
Counterexamples
French is a counterexample noted by Stolz: synonyms for 2, but not for 1.

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Mostly there are synonyms for 1 and 2.

    1. May 2020

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