文档介绍：Cardinal Numerals
Topics in English Linguistics
67
Editors
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Bernd Kortmann
De Gruyter Mouton
Cardinal Numerals
Old English from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective
by
Ferdinand von Mengden
De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN 978-3-11-022034-6
e-ISBN 978-3-11-022035-3
ISSN 1434-3452
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mengden, Ferdinand von.
Cardinal Numerals : Old English from a cross-linguistic perspec-
tive / by Ferdinand von Mengden.
p. cm. Ϫ(Topics in English linguistics ; 67)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-3-11-022034-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. English language Ϫ Old English, ca. 450Ϫ1100 Ϫ Numerals.
2. Cardinal numbers. 3. Numeration. 4. Comparative linguis-
tics. 5. Historical linguistics. I. Title.
2010
2009051311
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Acknowledgements
It was Klaus Dietz who initially made the suggestion to me that the linguistic
study of numerals would prove to be a rewarding field. I owe him therefore
greatest thanks, not only for the initial impetus for this study, but also for the
excellent advice and the invaluable criticism which he provided throughout.
I would also like to express my gratitude to Elizabeth Traugott, not only
for including this study in the series Topics in English Linguistics, but also for
her criticism and her most ments and suggestions on the text’s
draft versions. Moreover, I am most indebted to Katerina Stathi for her con-
structive criticism: thanks to her keen ey