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Universal 1169: distributive-key universal quantifier ⇒ simple universal quantifier
- Original
- If a language possesses a distributive-key universal quantifier, it possesses a simple universal quantifier.
- Standardized
- IF there is a distributive-key universal quantifier, THEN there will be a simple universal quantifier.
- Keywords
- quantifier, distributive, universal
- Domain
- lexicon
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- Georgian, Lezgian (both Caucasian), English, Ancient Greek, Russian, Spanish, Punjabi, Persian (all Indo-European), Lakhota (Siouan), Maricopa (Hokan), Hebrew, Maltese, Galilean Arabic, Jewish Marrakesh Arabic (all Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Bambara, Yoruba, Gã (all Niger-Congo), Buginese, Malay, Tagalog (all Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Malayalam (Dravidian), Mandarin (Chinese, Sino-Tibetan), Nubian (E. Sudanic, Nilo-Saharan), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Warlpiri (Pama-Nyungan)
- Source
- Gil 1995: 330, U4
- Counterexamples