Central semantics of value cardinal pronoun

Morphosemantic criterion

1. A pronoun has the type-value card if it has numeric value (all values of integers, except un). This criterion is necessary and sufficient.

Test

Given X a pronoun, If X has numeric value (all values of integers, except un), it is a cardinal pronoun.

• Deux /pos=p & type=card   sont venus.

Syntactic citeria

1. Cardinal pronouns can be the head of a NP, followed by a nominal modifier PP, introduced by de. Cardinal pronouns have this behavior in common with a range of indefinite pronouns.

   pos=p & type=card pos=p & type=card

   Description Example Description Example

   NP(cardinal pronoun) Deux /pos=p & type=card   sont venus NP(cardinal pronoun + PP(de)) Deux /pos=p & type=card   de ces hommes sont venus

2. Cardinal pronouns can be part of a discontinous construction with the pronoun en, where the pronoun en substitutes the prepositional phrase PP. Cardinal pronouns have this behavior in common with a range of indefinite pronouns.

   pos=p & type=card pos=p & type=card

   Description Example Description Example

   cardinal pronoun + PP Il a mangé deux /pos=p & type=card   de ces gâteaux discontinous construction with en Il en /pos=p   a mangé deux /pos=p & type=card