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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): one of a class
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| **singulare tantum (SNGT): used only in singular
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| *plural (PLR): more than one of a class
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| **dual (DUA): two of a class
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| **trial (TRI): three of a class
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| **quadrual (QDR): four of a class
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| **paucal (PAU): few of a class
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| **multal (MUL): many of a class
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| **plurale tantum (PLRT): used only in plural
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| *invariant (INV): a single form used both in singular and plural
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| ;The plural (PLR) subsumes more specific number values and must be used when there is no particular information on the quantity of the reference.<br>
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| :books = PLR
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| :pants = PLR
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| :glasses = PLR
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| === Examples ===
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| *singular (SNG): book, city, kiss
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| *singulare tantum (SNGT): furniture
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| *plural (PLR): books, cities, kisses
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| *plurale tantum (PLRT): clothes, measles
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| *invariant (INV): series, species
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| == UNL ==
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| In UNL, number is represented by [[quantifier|quantifying attributes]].
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What about "sheep"? Is it INV? Vzakharov 14:13, 23 August 2012 (CEST)
