If a distributive-key quantifier word and its ordinary counterpart are associated, in a certain construction, with different number morphology, then the distributive-key quantifier word is associated with singular morphology, and the ordinary quantifier word with plural morphology.
Standardized
IF a distributive-key quantifier word and its ordinary counterpart are associated, in a certain construction, with different number morphology, THEN the distributive-key quantifier word is associated with singular morphology, and the ordinary quantifier word with plural morphology.
Keywords
quantifier word, number, singular, plural
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)
Cf. # 630.