Universal #1365
Legacy number: 1365
| Number | 1361 |
| Original | If the multiplier follows the multiplicand in a particular numeral, it follows in all higher numerals which are expressed by multiplication. Where there is this variability in multiplicand-multiplier order, the language is always one in which the numeral follows the noun. |
| Standardized | In numeral systems, IF the multiplier follows the multiplicand in a particular numeral, THEN it follows in all higher numerals which are expressed by multiplication. IF there is this variability in multiplicand-multiplier order, THEN the numeral follows the noun. |
| Keywords | order, numeral, noun |
| Domain | word formation |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | 56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a |
| Source | Greenberg 1978a: 275 (#29) |
Discussion
Notes
1. MULTIPLICAND = a quantity to be multiplied by another.2. MultiplieR = a quantity by which another is multiplied.3. In Margi (Chadic, Afro-Asiatic), for example, the order with multiplier of ten is 2x10, 3x10, etc, but where hundreds are 100x2, 100x3, etc. In this language the numeral follows the noun. 4. The general principle which underlies this generalization is the larger the number value of a numeral, the more it resembles a noun in its syntax; cf. Corbett’s statement #152 .
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2. MULTIPLIER = a quantity by which another is multiplied.
3. In Margi (Chadic, Afro-Asiatic), for example, the order with multiplier of ten is 2x10, 3x10, etc, but where hundreds are 100x2, 100x3, etc. In this language the numeral follows the noun.
4. The general principle which underlies this generalization is the larger the number value of a numeral, the more it resembles a noun in its syntax; cf. Corbett's statement <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=152"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.