[Lingtyp] Approximative numerals with emotive content

[Paolo Ramat]

Dear Amanda,
you are asking for <<numeral expressions which typically express larger,
approximate numeric quantities (and encode some kind of emotive function>>:
not necessarily).
Here a couple of Italian examples:
It. "nella manifestazione dei no-vax (= anti-covid vaccination persons)
c'era(no) *appena un centinaio*  di persone (= Germ.* kaum hundert Leute*).
I jilets-jaunes  erano *alcune migliaia*  (not emotive).
You can have* centinaia / -o, migliaia/-o* but not *cinquantinaio nor
*diecinaio: what you really find is *cinquantina*, *diecina *for the
approximate numeric quantitity
Best,
Paolo

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Il giorno mar 22 feb 2022 alle ore 15:29 Amanda Kann <amanda.kann at su.se> ha
scritto:

> Dear typologists,
>
>
>
> (Apologies to those who have already seen this query through LinguistList!)
>
> I'm looking for corresponding expressions (in any language) to the
> approximative numeral phrases in the examples below – conventionalized
> numeral expressions which typically express larger, approximate numeric
> quantities and encode some kind of emotive function.
> I'm interested in the composition and value of these numerals, as well as
> their emphatic and emotive functions – if there are other expressions in
> the numeral domain in your language(s) that carry a similar illocutionary
> force, I would love to hear about them as well!
>
> Swedish [swe]: (from Bloggmix 2013, accessed through
> http://spraakbanken.gu.se/korp)
> Det finns nämligen femtioelva sorters myror.
> 'There are actually many types of ants' (lit. 'There are actually
> fifty-eleven types of ants')
>
> French [fra]: (Lavric 2010, https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004253247_008)
> Il n’y a pas trente-six façons de voir la chose.
> 'There aren't very many ways of seeing the thing' (lit. 'There aren't
> thirty-six ways of seeing the thing')
>
> Danish [dan]: (from OpenSubtitles2018, accessed through
> http://opus.nlpl.eu)
> Han fortalte mig 117 gange, at han ikke gjorde hende noget.
> 'He told me a thousand times that he didn't do anything to her' (lit. 'He
> told me 117 times that he didn't do anything to her')
>
> English [eng]: (from OpenSubtitles2018, accessed through
> http://opus.nlpl.eu)
> For the umpteenth time, we are not getting a dog.
>
>
>
> Thank you very much in advance for any tips, examples or comments!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Amanda Kann
>
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