3.10.1.2. Ordinal numerals

Ordinal numerals are numbers showing the order of the entities with respect to each other. These numerals indicate the sequence of the referents and they are expressed with list buoys [Lexicon - 1.2.3 & Pragmatics 2.2.3]. In the following example, the signer touches the second and fifth fingers on her non-dominant hand to express second and fifth entities in a list of entities given in the discourse.

 

 

 

second ... fifth