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Universal 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
- Counterexamples
E.g. Spanish: cardinal: tres ‘3’, ordinal: tercero ‘3rd’; neutralization in date expressions:el tres de mayo ‘the 3rd of May’