Universal #530

Legacy number: 530

 Number  528
 Original  In every numerical system some numbers receive simple lexical representation.
 Standardized  In every numerical system some numbers are expressed by basic terms.
 Keywords  numeral
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a
 Source  Greenberg 1978a: 255 (#4)

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Discussion
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simple lexical representation is the identity function which has the same value as its argument, e.g. in English, identity function ‘three’ equals argument 3.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
SIMPLE LEXICAL REPRESENTATION is the identity function which has the same value as its argument, e.g. in English, identity function "three" equals argument 3.