13.3102, Qs: Subtraction in Numerals, Notational Conventions

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Subject: 13.3102, Qs: Subtraction in Numerals, Notational Conventions

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Date:  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:11:03 +0200
From:  Ivan A Derzhanski <iad at math.bas.bg>
Subject:  Q: Subtraction in numerals

2)
Date:  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:39:24 +1300
From:  "Laurie Bauer" <Laurie.Bauer at vuw.ac.nz>
Subject:  Notational Conventions - *, !, #

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:11:03 +0200
From:  Ivan A Derzhanski <iad at math.bas.bg>
Subject:  Q: Subtraction in numerals

In English the number 19 is called _nineteen_ `9 and 10'.

In Hindi 19 is <unnIs> `1 to 20', but 18 is <aThArah> `8 and 10'.

In Latin 19 is _undeviginti_ `1 to 20', 18 is _duodeviginti_ `2 to
20', but 17 is _septendecim_ `7 and 10'.

In Yoruba 19 is _Okandinlogun_ < _Okan din l-ogun_ `1 to 20', ..., 15
is _EEdogun_ < _arun din ogun_ `5 to 20', but 14 is _Erinla_ < _Erin
l-Ewa_ `4 and 10'.

In what other places do languages draw the line?  For instance, is
there a language where 17 is `3 to 20', but 16 is `6 and 10'?  How
about one in which 16 is `4 to 20', but 15 is `5 and 10'?

- Ivan A Derzhanski             <http://www.math.bas.bg/ml/iad/>


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Date:  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:39:24 +1300
From:  "Laurie Bauer" <Laurie.Bauer at vuw.ac.nz>
Subject:  Notational Conventions - *, !, #

We are all familiar with asterisks showing ungrammaticality, but in
relatively recent times this notation has been supported by various
other symbols indicating other types of anomaly. Although I can find
various books and papers that make use of '!' and '#' for these
purposes, I have not been able to discover

(a) where these notational conventions were originated

(b) whether their use is conventionalized or whether each writer
redefines them

(c) whether ! and # can be synonymous or not

(d) whether this exhausts the range of such markers: I suppose % for
'dialectally variable' comes into the same domain, but are there
others?

Does anybody know?

Laurie

Laurie Bauer
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