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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 ==
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| In natural languages, number may be realised by grammatical affixes (such as "s" for plural, in English) or by quantifiers (such as "a couple of", "many", etc).<br>
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| In the UNLarium framework, the grammatical category of number may assume the following values:
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| {{#tree:id=tagset|openlevels=0|root=Number (NUM)|
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| *singular (SNG)
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| **One member of a class.
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| *plural (PLR)
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| **More than one member of a class.
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| **dual (DUA)
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| **Two members of a class.
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| **trial (TRI)
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| **Three members of a class.
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| **quadrual (QDR)
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| **Four members of a class.
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| **paucal (PAU)
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| **Few members of a class.
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| **multal (MUL)
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| **Many members of a class.
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| *invariant (INV)
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| **The word is invariant, i.e., has a single form used both in singular and plural.
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| }}
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| The number plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and should be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>
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| == UNL ==
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| In UNL, number is to be represented by attributes, if marked. The number attribute values are the following:
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| {{#tree:id=number|openlevels=0|root=Number|
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| *@singular (default)
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| *@pl
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| **@dual
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| **@trial
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| **@quadrual
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| **@paucal
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| **@multal
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| }}
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| ;@singular is the default number value and may be omitted.
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| :book = book (or book.@singular) | |
| ;number, when lexicalized, should be omitted.
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| :glasses = glasses (and not glasses.@pl)
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| === Examples ===
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| ;@singular
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| :book = book or book.@singular
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| ;@pl (plural)
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| :books = book.@pl
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| :children = child.@pl
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| :livres = livre.@pl
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| ;@paucal (some)
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| :a few books = book.@paucal
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| :some books = book.@paucal
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| ;@multal (many)
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| :many books = book.@multal
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| :several books = book.@multal
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What about "sheep"? Is it INV? Vzakharov 14:13, 23 August 2012 (CEST)
