THE INTRICACIES OF THE RUSSIAN NUMERAL SYSTEM. AN INSIGHT INTO CARDINAL AND COLLECTIVE NUMERALS

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate constructions with collective and cardinal numerals accompanied by nouns denoting people in the Russian language. By closely examining constructions that follow such patterns, I will explore the possibility that numerals function as a type of classifier, whether morphological or semantic (Yanko, 2004). Thus, I will take a closer look at the nouns selected by numerals and the restrictions imposed on them. In this article I will also advance two proposals: one that is concerned with the case
assigned by collective numerals and the other linked to the analysis of higher numerals as morphological classifiers.