Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
mensural e sortal
English translation:
mensural and sortal
Added to glossary by
Fernando Domeniconi
May 12, 2006 10:38
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term
mensural e sortal
Portuguese to English
Science
Linguistics
morphology
Entretanto, sistemas baseados nesses dois tipos de elementos se distinguem semanticamente, podendo ser considerados em separado como ‘mensural’ e ‘sortal’
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | mensural and sortal |
Fernando Domeniconi
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| 3 +1 | quantifier and qualifier |
Luiza Modesto
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Proposed translations
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Fernando Domeniconi
United States
United States
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United States
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
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mensural and sortal
Pode ser que seja isto. Veja o que diz o dictionary.com/Webster's :
sortal
\Sort"al\, a. Pertaining to a sort.
mensural
adj 1: of or relating to measure
E, também:
Implementing the Syntax of Japanese Numeral ClassifiersFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
sitional semantics of sortal and mensural classifiers. However, we believe that our general ... sortal numeral classifier, but mensural numeral clas- ...
faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/BenSie_final.pdf
SILEBR 2005/013 — Review of “The Noun Phrase”Nouns in classifier languages which lack a clear sortal / mensural distinction among the classifiers are termed “general nouns.” ...
www.sil.org/silebr/2005/silebr2005-013
sortal
\Sort"al\, a. Pertaining to a sort.
mensural
adj 1: of or relating to measure
E, também:
Implementing the Syntax of Japanese Numeral ClassifiersFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
sitional semantics of sortal and mensural classifiers. However, we believe that our general ... sortal numeral classifier, but mensural numeral clas- ...
faculty.washington.edu/ebender/papers/BenSie_final.pdf
SILEBR 2005/013 — Review of “The Noun Phrase”Nouns in classifier languages which lack a clear sortal / mensural distinction among the classifiers are termed “general nouns.” ...
www.sil.org/silebr/2005/silebr2005-013
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Joon Oh
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Obrigado, Muriel!
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Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Brazil
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Brazil
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Native in: English 
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quantifier and qualifier
quantifier: A word that expresses a quantity
qualifier: A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
Isso é meio que um chute com base na definição de mensural e sortal. Nunca ouvi essas palavras.
qualifier: A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
Isso é meio que um chute com base na definição de mensural e sortal. Nunca ouvi essas palavras.
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Emilie
: sortal classifiers (qualifying) and mensural classifiers (quantifying)
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Obrigada. Nem sabia que essas palavras existiam no inglês. :)
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Discussion
* Os classificadores mensurais expressam valor de quantidade para um dado nome
* Os classificadores sortais “categorize by some inherent characteristic of the referent, such as its shape (and texture, or material etc)” [Eng. in original]