SIL Electronic Working Papers
SILEWP 1997-005

: Authors: Moser, Mary B. and Marlett, Stephen A.
Title: Los números en seri (Numbers in Seri)
Source: First published as: Mary B. Moser and Stephen A. Marlett. 1994. Los números en seri. II Encuentro de lingüística en el noroeste, memorias, II:63-79, ed. by Zarina Estrada Fernández, Departamento de Letras y Lingüística, División de Humanidades y Bellas Artes, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo.
Keywords: linguistics, morphology, syntax, numbers, Seri
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Abstract:
The basic facts regarding the number systems in Seri are presented, including information about the old counting system. It is shown that Seri numbers are verbs and as such participate in a subject raising construction. The syntax of complex numbers is also presented.
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