Universal #1750

Legacy number: 1750

 Number  1745
 Original  In contexts where the distinction between cardinal and ordinal numerals is neutralized, cardinals may replace ordinals but never vice versa.

 Standardized  When in some contexts the distinction between cardinal and ordinal numerals is neutralized, cardinals may replace ordinals but never vice versa.
 Keywords  numeral, cardinal, ordinal
 Domain  syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 100 languages, listed in the appendix
 Source  Stolz 1999

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Discussion
Notes
E.g. Spanish: cardinal: tres ‘3’, ordinal: tercero ‘3rd’; neutralization in date expressions:el tres de mayo ‘the 3rd of May’
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
E.g. Spanish:
cardinal: tres '3', ordinal: tercero '3rd';

neutralization in date expressions:
el tres de mayo 'the 3rd of May'