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Universal 1420:

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Universal 1420:

Original
If a language has a distributive-key quantifier word, it has a distributive-key universal quantifier.
Standardized
IF there is a distributive-key quantifier word, THEN there is a distributive-key universal quantifier.
Keywords
quantifier, distributive, quantifier
Domain
lexicon
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Batak, Bontoc, Indonesian, Tagalog (all W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan), Gã (Kwa, Niger-Congo), Georgian (S. Caucasian), Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Maricopa (Hokan), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Latin, Portuguese, Rumanian, Spanish, Russian, English (all Indo-European), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic)
Source
Gil 1992: 317, U2
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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