Abstract. The article is devoted to the peculiarities of the linguistic expression of some quantitative meanings such as definite/indefinite/approximate, discrete/non-discrete quantity. The author is interested in the cases of the convergence and intersection of different subcategories of number in human mind, which is represented in language. The examples of the implicit expression of certain meanings, as well as the impact of context on the transfer of quantitative semantics are considered.
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Key words and phrases: определенное количество, неопределенное количество, приблизительное количество, дискретность, недискретность, неопределенно большое количество, неопределенно малое количество, языковые способы передачи количественных значений, definite number, indefinite number, approximate number, discreteness, non-discreteness, indefinitely large number, indefinitely small number, linguistic methods of quantitative meanings transfer
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