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<H3><A NAME="SECTION00055100000000000000">Core semantics of value <EM>cardinal adjective</EM></A></H3>
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<H4><A NAME="SECTION00055110000000000000">Cardinal adjectives: Semantic criterion</A></H4>
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An <EM>adjective</EM> has the type <EM>cardinal adjective</EM>
if it has a numeric value (apart from the value <EM>one</EM> all values of positive
integers). This criterion is necessary and sufficient.
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<EM>Test</EM>:
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Given <EM>X</EM> an adjective:
If <EM>X</EM> has numeric value (apart from the value <EM>one</EM> all values of positive
integers), then <EM>X</EM> has the type cardinal.
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> Les <B>deux</B><A NAME="12620"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a & type=card</FONT></SMALL> vaches sont malades.
<LI> Ils sont <B>deux</B><A NAME="12628"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a & type=card</FONT></SMALL>.
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<H4><A NAME="SECTION00055120000000000000">Cardinal adjectives: Morphosyntactic criterion</A></H4>
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There are constraints concerning the selection of the <EM>determiner</EM>:
only the <EM>definite article</EM>, the <EM>possessive determiner</EM>
or the <EM>demonstrative determiner</EM>
can precede the <EM>cardinal adjective</EM> in a noun phrase. We consider that, for <EM>cardinal adjective</EM>,
the features <B>number</B> and <B>gender</B> do not apply. The noun specified by a <EM>cardinal adjective</EM> has to realise the
<B>number</B> value <EM>plural</EM>.
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<EM>Test</EM>:
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Given <EM>Art</EM> an article, <EM>Det</EM> a determiner, <EM>indf</EM> indefinite value, <EM>N</EM> a noun, <EM>NP</EM> a noun phrase:
If <EM>NP</EM> (<EM>Art</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>indf</FONT></SMALL> + <EM>X</EM> + <EM>N</EM>), or
<EM>NP</EM> (<EM>Det</EM>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>indf</FONT></SMALL> + <EM>X</EM> + <EM>N</EM>) fails,
then <EM>X</EM> is a cardinal adjective.
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<EM>Examples</EM>:
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<LI> Les/Mes/Ces <B>deux</B><A NAME="12676"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a & type=card</FONT></SMALL> vaches sont malades.
<LI> *Des/de <B>deux</B><A NAME="12684"> </A>/<SMALL CLASS=FOOTNOTE><FONT color=#ff0000>pos=a & type=card</FONT></SMALL> vaches sont malades.
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