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The design of the typological database of numeral-noun constructions (NNC database)

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This paper describes the design of a typological database of numeral-noun constructions (NNC-database). The purpose of the database is to summarize and document data on “cardinal number + noun” constructions in various languages. This database is intended to be an online tool for researchers so that they could not only obtain information about these constructions but also share their own data with colleagues.

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Original Russian Text © M.S. Shmatova, 2014, published in Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsiya, Seriya 2, 2014, No. 1, pp. 18–30.

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Shmatova, M.S. The design of the typological database of numeral-noun constructions (NNC database). Autom. Doc. Math. Linguist. 48, 12–24 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0005105514010038

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