Month: May 2020

Universal 555: Original Absolute forms of cardinal numbers may have overt markers added to the contextual forms, but not vice versa. Standardized When there is…

Universal 554: Original The construction with the interrogative “how many?” is usually the same as that with the highest block of numerals. Standardized The construction…

Universal 553: Original If a language has both partitive and adjectival Quantifier Noun constructions, the smallest number which employs the partitive is larger than the…

Universal 552: Original If there is variation in Noun Quantifier order depending on the identity of the numeral, one of the two orders is used…

Universal 551: link for addition is final ⇒ postpositions Original If a link for addition is final, the language is postpositional. Standardized IF a link…

Universal 550: Original The order noun-numeral is favoured in indefinite and approximative constructions. Standardized In indefinite and approximative constructions, the numeral tends to follow the…

Universal 549: Original Where there is rule-governed variation between the use of the singular and plural with numerals, the use of the singular is favoured…

Universal 548: Original If numeral expressions for the smallest addends take the plural of the noun when they designate numbers >1, then complex numerals with…

Universal 547: Original In languages with singular/dual/plural systems in the noun, if the plural is used in any instances where a set of two objects…

Universal 546: Original In languages in which the expression of plurality is facultative in the noun, the singular may be used with numerals designating numbers…