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.
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.
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