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LEXEME PAR AS A QUANTIFIER IN THE SERBIAN LANGUAGE

Summary/Abstract: All things considered, we can establish three models of quantification with the lexeme par as a word with numerical meaning: а) a very productive model of quantification of dual concepts such as: два пара ципела (‘two pairs of shoes’), with the numerical value of ‘2’; b) a relatively unproductive and lexically very limited model of quantification of complex units made up of two separate, unsymmetrical, non-cognate objects, such as: два пара веша (‘two pairs of laundry’), with the numerical value of ‘1’; в) expansive, lexically limited and slightly (or very?) controversial model of quantification of the meaning of pluralia tantum nouns, such as: пар маказа (‘a pair of scissors’), два пара панталона (‘two pairs of trousers’), mostly with the numerical value of ‘1’, rarely ‘2’.

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