NUMERALS
§ express exact quantities
§ if followed by noun ® determiner of nominal group
§ 2 subclasses
o cardinal
o ordinal
Lexical morphology of numerals:
cardinal
§ 1 – 12 separate items
§ 12 – 19, 20, 30… constructed by derivation
§ 21, 22… compounding ® we put a hyphen
§ coordination sometimes by and
ordinal
§ derivation by suffix –th
§ higher ordinal numerals
o in English derivation only at the end (-th)
o in Czech everything is derived
§ 1st, 2nd, 3rd are exception
§ other numeric expressions are created by combination of cardinal and ordinal numerals
§ ® fractions, multiplications, divisions, powers, roots
