What is a numeral?

Definition
	A numeral is a word, functioning most typically as an adjective or pronoun, that expresses a
	number, and relation to the number, such as one of the following: Quantity Sequence Frequency Fraction

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of numerals:
	What is a cardinal numeral? What is a distributive numeral? What is a multiplicative numeral? What is an ordinal numeral? What is a partitive numeral?

Generic
	A numeral is a kind of
	What is a quantifier?

Sources
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 155
	Pei and Gaynor 1954 149

Context for this page:

Concept module: numeral
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): N
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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