N2 04_Noun Numeral (definite)
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| The property Noun Numeral (definite) is “yes” if at least one numeral can follow the noun and the noun phrase is a definite noun phrase. The following contexts test if a Noun Numeral noun phrase is definite: 1. Context: Aba sent us four packages last week (four packages is new information) This can be continued with Noun Numeral referring to "the four packages": ............. arrived yesterday If "Noun Numeral" in this context refers to the four packages Aba sent it is a definite noun phrase. 2. Context: Walking with a friend past a building with three murals (and two posters) on them (murals are wall paintings), you ask your friend about the three murals: What do you think about …………………….. ? "Noun Numeral" in this context refers to the three murals, and is a definite noun phrase (Wang and McCready 2005) 3. Continuation of the discourse in 1 or 2 with Noun Numeral ("packages four", "murals three"), as a subject or object of a clause: ……………………………… are heavy ……………………………… go well together My sister opened …………………………… immediately My brother painted ……………………………… on the building General Note on Word Order Properties: A "yes" value for the property Noun Numeral (definite) does not exclude a "yes" value for the Numeral Noun (definite) order. NA for this property means that the language has no Numerals or that Numerals can never be part of the Noun Phrase. Examples: 1. English is "no" for the property Noun Numeral (definite). * (the) letters four finally arrived yesterday 2. Shupamem is "yes" for the property Noun Numeral (definite): Context: Mápón tɨɣə́tə́ kpà lɛ́rwà wrote four letter.PL 'Mapon wrote four letters.' Continuation:
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| Contributed by: Hilda Koopman |
| Language | Value | Contributor | Comments |
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| =Hoan | Yes | Chris Collins | |
| Acehnese | No | Julie Legate | |
| Afrikaans | No | Theresa Biberauer | |
| + Agni indénié | Yes | Amoikon Dyhié ASSANVO | |
| + Albanian | No | Dalina Kallulli | |
| Amharic | No | Girma Demeke | |
| Ancient Greek | No | Richard Faure | |
| + Arabic, Gulf | Yes | Dimitrios Ntelitheos | |
| Bambara | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Bardi | Yes | Claire Bowern | |
| Beng | Yes | Denis Paperno | |
| + Bengali | Yes | Priyanka Biswas | |
| Bole | Yes | Alhaji Gimba | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | No | Bruna Moreira | |
| Burmese | Yes | Timothy Ho | |
| Calabrian (Northern) | No | Giuseppina Silvestri | |
| Catalan | No | Victoria Mateu | |
| Chickasaw | Yes | Pam Munro | |
| + Dagaare | Yes | Adams Bodomo | |
| + Dholuo | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| + Digo | Yes | Steve Nicolle | |
| Digor Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| Dutch | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Eastern Armenian | No | Karine Megerdoomian | |
| English | No | Katie Redderson-Lear | |
| English (Singapore) | No | Adam Chong | |
| Ewe | Yes | Chris Collins | |
| Faroese | No | Hjalmar Páll Petersen | menninir fimm komu í gjár men-five came yesterday (this is possible, but marked) |
| Finnish | No | Anders Holmberg | |
| French | No | Vincent Homer | |
| Frisian (West Frisian) | No | Jarich Hoekstra | |
| Ga | Yes | Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu | |
| galician | No | Naír García | |
| Garifuna | No | Pam Munro | |
| georgian | No | Lea Nash | |
| German | No | Viola Schmitt | |
| + Greek | No | Arhonto Terzi | |
| + Gungbe (Porto-Novo) | Yes | Enoch Oladé Aboh | |
| Haitian | No | Michel DeGraff | |
| Hakka | No | Iris Wu | |
| + Hausa | Yes | Michael A. Estrada | |
| Hindi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| Hixkaryana | No | Laura Kalin | |
| Hungarian | No | Anna Szabolcsi | |
| Ibibio | Yes | Willie Willie | |
| Icelandic | Yes | Jim Wood | |
| Iha | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| imbabura quichua | No | UCLA Linguistics 210 | |
| Indonesian | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Iron Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| + Italian | No | Cristina Guardiano | |
| Japanese | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| Khasi | No | Gracious Temsen | |
| KiLega | Yes | Kasangati Kinyalolo | |
| + Kiyaka | Yes | Lukowa Kidima | |
| Korean | No | Grace Lee | |
| Kuot | No | Eva Lindström | |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | No | Yadgar Karimi | |
| Kusunda | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Laal | Yes | Florian Lionnet | |
| Lango | Yes | Arwa Rangwala | |
| Lao | Yes | Alif Silpachai | |
| Lebanese Arabic | Yes | Lina Choueiri | |
| Maasai (Kisongo) | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Malagasy | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Malayalam | Yes | Mythili Menon | |
| Mandarin | No | Arthur Wang | |
| + Marshallese | Yes | Heather Willson Sturman | |
| Miya | Yes | Michael A. Estrada | |
| + Nahuatl (Central Huasteca) | No | John Garcia | |
| Nahuatl (Classical) | No | John Garcia | |
| + Nawdm | Yes | Hannah Kim | |
| Nepali | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Norwegian | No | Marit Julien | |
| + Nupe | Yes | Jason Kandybowicz | |
| Nweh | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Okinawan | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| Old English | No | Willem Koopman | instances in the prose are dubious |
| One | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| panjabi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| Papuan Malay | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Pashto | No | David Pate | |
| Pima | No | Marcus Smith | |
| Polish | Yes | Barbara Tomaszewicz | check? |
| Q'anjob'al | No | Kathleen O'Flynn | |
| Russian | No | Denis Paperno | |
| San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec | No | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| Sandawe | Yes | Helen Eaton | |
| Scottish Gaelic | No | David Adger | |
| Senaya | No | Laura McPherson | |
| Shupamem | Yes | Abdoulaye Laziz Nchare | |
| Skou | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Slovenian | No | Franc Marušič | |
| Spanish | No | Victoria Mateu | |
| + Swedish | No | fredrik heinat | |
| Swiss German | No | Cecile Meier | |
| Tagalog | No | Edith Aldridge | |
| Taiwanese Southern Min | No | Arthur Wang | |
| Thai | Yes | Peter Jenks | |
| + Tommo-So | Yes | Laura McPherson | |
| Triqui, Copala | No | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| Tukang Besi | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Turkish | No | Murat Kural | |
| Tuvan | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Ukrainian | No | Roksolana Mykhaylyk | |
| Vata | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Vietnamese | No | Binh Ngo | |
| Vlaški-Žejanski-Istro-Romanian | No | Zvjezdana Vrzic | |
| Welsh | No | David Willis | |
| West Flemish | No | Liliane Haegeman | |
| Western Armenian | No | Hrayr Khanjian | |
| Wolof | No | Mariame Sy | |
| + Yoruba | Yes | Johnson Folorunso Ilori | |
| Zulu | Yes | Claire Halpert |