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Universal 1750:

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Universal 1750:

Original
If the distinction between ordinal and cardinal forms for the number 1 at some decade is by suppletion, then it is also by suppletion for the same numeral at lower decades.
Standardized
IF the distinction between ordinal and cardinal forms for the number 1 at some decade is by suppletion, THEN it is also by suppletion for the same numeral at lower decades.
Keywords
numeral, ordinal, cardinal, suppletion
Domain
word formation
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 100 languages, listed in the appendix
Source
Stolz 1999
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    E.g. French: vingt et un ‘21’ – vingt et unième ‘21st’;un ‘1’ – premier ‘1st’.

    1. May 2020

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