Universal #528

Legacy number: 528

 Number  526
 Original  Every number n (0<n<L) can be expressed as part of the numeral system in any language.
 Standardized  Every number n (0<n<L) can be expressed as part of the numeral system in any language.
 Keywords  numeral
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
 Source  Greenberg 1978a: 254 (#2)

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Comrie 1997: 45-46 mentions as possibly problematic Russian and French NPs where for extraneous reasons certain numerals may not combine with certain noun (e.g., *neuf oeufs).
Notes
So-called “thesis of continuity”; L stands for the ‘limit number’ which every human language has (cf. #527) as the next largest natural number after the largest expressible one in the system.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
So-called "thesis of continuity"; L stands for the "limit number" which every human language has (cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=527"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) as the next largest natural number after the largest expressible one in the system.