Research Catalog

Title

Cardinal numerals : Old English from a cross-linguistic perspective / by Ferdinand von Mengden.

Author

Mengden, Ferdinand von.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, c2010.

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Description

xiii, 329 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The book embeds an analysis of the Old English numeral system and its particularities into a broader, cross-linguistic discussion and provides a theoretical framework for the general study of numeral systems. A novel perspective on the morphosyntactic behaviour of numerals allows the author to test and refine some long standing tenets in the study of numerals."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Topics in English linguistics ; 67

Uniform Title

Topics in English linguistics ; 67.

Subject

• 450-1100
• English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Numerals
• Cardinal numbers
• Numeration
• Comparative linguistics
• Historical linguistics
• Kardinalzahl
• Numerale
• Altenglisch

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Linguistic numeral systems -- 2. The numeral system of Old English -- 3. Complex numerals -- 4. Numeral constructions in Old English -- 5. The word class 'cardinal numeral' -- Concluding remarks -- References.

ISBN

• 9783110220346 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 3110220342 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009051311

OCLC

• 476841569
• SCSB-12789617

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library