Comparative Concept: mensural term (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
mensural term (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | mensural term |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | mensural term (cxn) |
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Definition
a term that measures out a quantity or unit of a referent. Mensural terms are classified in different ways; this textbook divides measure terms into measure terms, container terms, form terms, group terms, piece terms, and species terms. (Section 4.1.3)