118
Serial
K. M. A. BARNETT
Use
1. (a) In numbering off items: ONE!
(b) As a preparatory word of command, as in ONE! TWO! THREE! GO!
2. Item by item, seriatim.
3. (a) One day (contrast Ser. 6c).
(b) One foot (measure of length).
(c) Ten cents (measure of money).
4. The meaning in each case is the unit augmented by 10%—
(a) 11 (Chinese) inches.
(b) 11 cents.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 11 (contrast Ser. 6f).
5. Used bound to a congruence-marker to denote the particular singular. Examples (a) (c) (e) (g) with null ictus denote an unemphatic singular, like the English indefinite article or the Greek (unaccented) τίς. Examples (b) (d) (f) (h) have emphatic singularity.
(a) (b) mark the congruence class of thin rigid objects like sticks, bottles, small growing plants (sometimes including bamboo but seldom rice), spears, arrows; and some special ones like songs and flags. There is also transference from the bottle to its contents.
(c) (d) mark the congruence class of thin non-rigid objects like strings, rivers, roads, reptiles, fish, footless and wingless insects; and some special ones like split firewood, dreams, lives, live naked human bodies, towels, handkerchiefs.
(e) (f) mark the congruence class of articles which can be folded away when not in use, like tables, chairs, beds, bed-clothes, documents.
(g) (h) mark the congruence class of articles which generally form one of a pair, like hands, feet, eyes, ears; also animals, birds, flying or walking insects. And some domestic utensils like cups and cooking pots.
6. (a) The common ordinal adjective "first"; used also to mean first in quality,
(b) The same as TRAW-DARNG, which has the same superfixes.
(c) (d) The first day of the lunar month (contrast 3a, with different superfix).
(e) The first day of the lunar year.
(f) The 11th day of the month (contrast 4d with different superfix).
(g) Denotes the first of a series of arguments or considerations.
7. This group indicates that the action described was immediately followed by another.
(a) learns off at a single lesson.
(b) wakes at the first sound of the bell.
(c) as soon as I heard this I was afraid.
118
Serial
K. M. A. BARNETT
Use
1. (a) In numbering off items: ONE!
(b) As a preparatory word of command, as in ONE! TWO! THREE!
GO!
2. Item by item, seriatim.
3. (a) One day (contrast Ser. 6c).
(b) One foot (measure of length).
(c) Ten cents (measure of money).
4. The meaning in each case is the unit augmented by 10%-
(a) 11 (Chinese) inches.
(b) 11 cents.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 11 (contrast Ser. 6f).
5. Used bound to a congruence-marker to denote the particular singular. Examples (a) (c) (e) (g) with null ictus denote an unemphatic singular, like the English indefinite article or the Greek (unaccented) TUS. Examples (6) (d) (f) (h) have emphatic singularity.
(a) (b) mark the congruence class of thin rigid objects like sticks, bottles, small growing plants (sometimes including bamboo but seldom rice), spears, arrows; and some special ones like songs and flags. There is also transference from the bottle to its contents.
(c) (d) mark the congruence class of thin non-rigid objects like strings, rivers, roads, reptiles, fish, footless and wingless insects; and some special ones like split firewood, dreams, lives, live naked human bodies, towels, handkerchiefs.
(e) (f) mark the congruence class of articles which can be folded away when not in use, like tables, chairs, beds, bed-clothes, documents.
(g) (h) mark the congruence class of articles which generally form one of a pair, like hands, feet, eyes, ears; also animals, birds, flying or walking insects. And some domestic utensils like cups and cooking pots.
6. (a) The common ordinal adjective "first"; used also to mean first
in quality,
(b) The same as TRAW-DARNG, which has the same
superfixes.
(c) (d) The first day of the lunar month (contrast 3a, with different
superfix).
(e) The first day of the lunar year.
(The 11th day of the month (contrast 4d with different superfix). (g) Denotes the first of a series of arguments or considerations.
7. This group indicates that the action described was immediately
followed by another.
(a) learns off at a single lesson.
(b) wakes at the first sound of the bell, (c) as soon as I heard this I was afraid.
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