The language user as an arithmetician

Pollmann, Thijs; Jansen, C.J.H.

doi:10.1016/0010-0277(95)00704-0

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“…In no language did we find more than 0.5% of these expressions. Therefore, in contrast to what we claimed in our study (Pollmann and Jansen, 1996), there seems to be no place in this rule for sequences based on (1/4 * IOn) as first number and ratio. Our rule, therefore, only comprises sequences based on…”

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“…In our study (Pollmann and Jansen, 1996) we showed which number combinations in Dutch can be used in two-number approximative expressions. The members of these expressions were found to (nearly always) follow each other directly in an arithmetic sequence in which the ratio and first number are equal to:…”

Section: Roundness As a Cross-linguistic Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• 1 * 10", or Pollmann and Jansen (1996). Does the sequence rule hold only in Dutch for the construction of twonumber approximative expressions, or are the characteristic properties of these pairs cross-linguistic?…”

Section: Roundness As a Cross-linguistic Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

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On Round Numbers: Pragmatic Aspects of Numerical Expressions

Jansen¹,

Pollmann²

2001

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

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This paper describes and explains some regularities in the frequency of numbers in text. An analysis of number frequencies in text corpora in Dutch, English, German, and French confirms the expectation that frequency is highly dependent on two factors: magnitude and roundness. Roundness (defined as number frequency in an approximation context) proves to be related to three arithmetical properties: 'lO-ness', '2-ness', and '5-ness'. In predicting the frequency of numbers irrespective of their context '2Y2-ness' should be added to these factors, as is suggested in the work of Sigurd (1988). The role of the four number characteristics found in this study can be explained by the preference of the language user for using base numbers, and for doubling and halving quantities.

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On Round Numbers: Pragmatic Aspects of Numerical Expressions

Jansen¹,

Pollmann²

2001

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

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“…( 1) A close observation of these groups shows that certain numbers occur as reference points in the Yorùbá numeral system as proposed by Pollmann and Jansen (1996). An observable trend is that the numbers 20 and 10 play important roles within the Yorùbá numeral system.…”

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Computational modelling of Yorùbá numerals in a number-to-text conversion system

Akinadé

Odejobi

2014

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In this paper, we examine the processes underlying the Yorùbá numeral system and describe a computational system that is capable of converting cardinal numbers to their equivalent Standard Yorùbá number names. First, we studied the mathematical and linguistic basis of the Yorùbá numeral system so as to formalise its arithmetic and syntactic procedures. Next, the process involved in formulating a ContextFree Grammar (CFG) to capture the structure of the Yorùbá numeral system was highlighted. Thereafter, the model was reduced into a set of computer programs to implement the numerical to lexical conversion process. System evaluation was done by ranking the output from the software and comparing the output with the representations given by a group of Yorùbá native speakers. The result showed that the system gave correct representation for numbers and produced a recall of 100% with respect to the collected corpus. Our future study is focused on developing a text normalisation system that will produce number names for other numerical expressions such as ordinal numbers, date, time, money, ratio, etc. in Yorùbá text.

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“…In the present study, numbers have been classified into two categories only -'simple' and 'complex' -on the basis of two complementary bodies of research: psycholinguistics (Rosch, 1975) and cognitive science (e.g. Dehaene & Mehler, 1992;Feigenson, Dehaene, & Spelke, 2004;Jansen & Pollmann, 2001;Pollmann & Jansen, 1996;Sigurd, 1988) on the one hand, and corpus-based analyses of number frequencies on the other hand (Coupland, 2011;Hofland & Johansson, 1982). Pioneering experimental work by Rosch (1975) showed that multiples of 10 are used by speakers as reference points in relation to which other numbers are judged, and that hedges such as almost, roughly, basically, serve to relate the latter to the former.…”

Section: Precision/complexity Of the Numbers Employedmentioning

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Quantification in conference talks and proceedings articles in engineering

Rowley-Jolivet

2015

English for Specific Purposes

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The language user as an arithmetician

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

On Round Numbers: Pragmatic Aspects of Numerical Expressions

On Round Numbers: Pragmatic Aspects of Numerical Expressions

Computational modelling of Yorùbá numerals in a number-to-text conversion system

Quantification in conference talks and proceedings articles in engineering

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