Number
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Number is a category that typically corresponds to the actual quantity of the referents of a given noun.
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Natural Language
In natural languages, number may be represented by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc). In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:
UNL
In UNL, number is to be represented by attributes, if marked. Then:
- person = person or person.@singular
- persons = person.@pl
- people = people (number lexicalized)
Number attributes
Examples
- @singular
- book = book or book.@singular
- @pl (plural)
- books = book.@pl
- children = child.@pl
- livres = livre.@pl
- @paucal (some)
- a few books = book.@paucal
- some books = book.@paucal
- @multal (many)
- many books = book.@multal
- several books = book.@multal
