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The Nembe counting system might have been fundamentally based on the arrangement of the digits that makes up the human fingers and toes because these digits constitute the most handy calculating device available to any human being.

Nembe language --- Nimbi language --- Ijo language --- Numerals.

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Why is the number seven lucky--even holy--in almost every culture? Why do we speak of the four corners of the earth? Why do cats have nine lives (except in Iran, where they have seven)? From literature to folklore to private superstitions, numbers play a conspicuous role in our daily lives. But in this fascinating book, Annemarie Schimmel shows that numbers have been filled with mystery and meaning since the earliest times, and across every society.In The Mystery of Numbers Annemarie Schimmel conducts an illuminating tour of the mysteries attributed to numbers over the centuries. She begins wi

Symbolism of numbers. --- Numerology. --- Occultism --- Symbolism of numbers --- Number symbolism --- Sacred numbers --- Symbolic numbers --- Numerals --- wiskunde

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Die vorliegende Arbeit ist eine kontrastiv-typologische Untersuchung zum Deutschen und Chinesischen in bezug auf den nominalen Bereich. Der Vergleich geht von den Unterschieden der beiden untersuchten Sprachen in der Numeralisierung (Kombination eines Substantivs mit einem Numerale) aus und versucht zunächst, im Rahmen der Dimension der Apprehension des UNITYP-Ansatzes die beiden Sprachen als zwei verschiedene Typen, nämlich als solche mit Numeralklassifikation einerseits und mit Kongruenz in Genus und Numerus andererseits, zu charakterisieren. Auf dieser Grundlage werden die Numerative und Numerativkonstruktionen der beiden Sprachen unter verschiedenen Aspekten beschrieben und verglichen. Dabei werden die Numerative der beiden Sprachen in Listen relativ vollständig aufgezählt und in bezug auf ihre Worterklärung und Anwendungsbereiche gegenübergestellt. Die Arbeit ist sowohl für die Sprachtypologie und die Universalienforschung als auch für den praktischen Spracherwerb von Bedeutung.

Chinese language --- -Chinese language --- -German language --- -Ashkenazic German language --- Hochdeutsch --- Judaeo-German language (German) --- Judendeutsch language --- Judeo-German language (German) --- Jüdisch-Deutsch language --- Jüdischdeutsch language --- Germanic languages --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- Grammar, Comparative --- -German --- Numerals --- -Chinese --- German language --- Numerals. --- Chinese. --- German. --- Ashkenazic German language --- Grammar, Comparative&delete& --- German --- Chinese --- Chinesisch. --- Deutsch. --- Numerativ. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General. --- German language - Numerals. --- Chinese language - Numerals. --- German language - Grammar, Comparative - Chinese. --- Chinese language - Grammar, Comparative - German.

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This collection of studies by leading scholars in the field focuses on the semantics of non-definite (bare and indefinite) plural NPs. The contributions in the first part concentrate on bare plurals and their cross-linguistic counterparts. They discuss applicability of the notion of ‘semantic incorporation’ to bare plurals by contrasting them to bare singulars, with the aim of accounting for the interaction between the semantics of number and the degree of (in)dependency of the NP with respect to the verb. The articles in the second part examine the relationship between the semantics of number and the semantics of aspect. The contributions in the third part concentrate on non-definite numerical noun phrases by addressing a range of fundamental questions such as: the semantics of indefinite time-phrases, numericals in classifier- and non-classifier languages, scope interactions, the at least- and exactly-readings, referential properties of numericals. The volume will be welcomed by linguists interested in the semantics of number in non-definite NPs.

Definiteness (Linguistics). --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Aspect. --- Number. --- Numerals. --- Adjectifs indéfinis --- Definiteness (Linguistics) --- Indefiniteness (Linguistics) --- Indéfinis (Linguistique) --- Onbepaald (Taalwetenschap) --- Pronoms indéfinis --- Grammar --- Aspect (Linguistics) --- Dual (Grammar) --- Number (Grammar) --- Plural (Grammar) --- Linguistics --- Number --- Verbal aspect --- Temporal constructions --- Verb --- Nominals --- Determiners --- Aspect --- Numerals --- Grammar [Comparative and general ] --- Philology --- INDEFINIS --- GRAMMAIRE COMPAREE ET GENERALE --- NOMBRES --- ASPECT

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How number words came about? This book offers a trenchant answer to the question, explaining number conception and application slot by slot through a host of Eurasian languages. The cross-linguistic lack of width and depth in numeracy studies, which has existed for a long time, seemed impossible to overcome. This discouraging situation has now changed dramatically with Dr. Penglin Wang's entering the field. This book is designed to investigate the linguistic and semiotic sources of number words, especially the cardinal numbers, in Altaic, Indo-European, and Sino-Tibetan languages and will prov

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Numerals --- Symbolism of numbers. --- Numeration --- Semiotics. --- Anthropological linguistics. --- Reference (Linguistics) --- Number symbolism --- Sacred numbers --- Symbolic numbers --- Signification (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Onomasiology --- Semantics --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Anthropology --- Language and culture --- Semeiotics --- Semiology (Linguistics) --- Signs and symbols --- Structuralism (Literary analysis) --- Numerals. --- History. --- Nominals --- Philology