(Udmurt)

OptClsfrNonspec

OptClsfrNonspec: Sortal numeral classifiers are optional in numeral constructions, and their use is not limited to this function.

(1)2jyrsugon
2headonion
’two heads of onion’ (Udmurt corpus)

(2)kyksugon
twoonion
’two onions’ (Udmurt corpus)

(3)jyr-yviś-e.
head1SGhurt3SG
’I’ve got a headache.’ (Mynam malpanjosy 13.03.2015)

(4)odig (bam)kagaz
onesheetpaper
‘one sheet of paper’ (Agyagási–Dékány 2019: 61)

(5)bam vyl-a-zśinkyľi-oskynm-iľľam.
faceonINE3SGtearPL freezePST2.3PL
’The tears got frozen on her face.’ (Udmurt corpus)

In Udmurt numeral constructions, sortal numeral classifiers can optionally appear with certain nouns (1–2). These sortal numeral classifiers are used as full lexical nouns elsewhere (3), (5).

Author: Erika Asztalos


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