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2025-05-01
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THE LINGUISTIC NATURE OF NUMBERS: STRUCTURE AND MEANING
Yusupova Maksuda Umidjonovna,
Urganch State University
Keywords: Numbers, Linguistics, Language and Culture, Numerals, Quantification, Counting Systems, Turkic Languages, Ordinal Numbers, Cardinal Numbers, Collective Numerals, Lexical Semantics, Morphology, Syntax, Phraseology.
Abstract
This article explores the linguistic nature of numbers, emphasizing their structural and semantic roles in language. It highlights how numbers, rooted in cultural and spiritual values, manifest in proverbs and everyday speech across different nations. The study discusses historical developments in number formation, particularly within Turkic languages, and addresses the grammatical, morphological, and syntactic features distinguishing numerals from other parts of speech. Different types of numerals—cardinal, ordinal, and collective—are analyzed in terms of their linguistic functions and transformations. The article also notes how numerals can lose their strict quantitative meaning in idiomatic expressions, reflecting broader cognitive and cultural processes.
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