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Value ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals
Examples
She took the first book.
She
she
took
took
the
the
first
first
book.
book
She took the first book.
He took the second book.
He
he
took
took
the
the
second
second
book.
book
He took the second book.
He took the third book, and she took the fourth book.
He
he
took
took
the
the
third
third
book,
book
and
and
she
she
took
took
the
the
fourth
fourth
book.
book
He took the third book and she took the fourth book.
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