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Universal 627:

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Universal 627:

Original
If a distributive-share quantifier word and its ordinary counterpart are associated, in a certain construction, with different number morphology, then the distributive share quantifier word is associated with plural morphology, and the ordinary quantifier word with singular morphology.
Standardized
IF a distributive-share quantifier word and its ordinary counterpart are associated, in a certain construction, with different number morphology, THEN the distributive share quantifier word is associated with plural morphology, and the ordinary quantifier word with singular morphology.
Keywords
quantifier, distributive, number, plural, singular
Domain
inflection, syntax, 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: 326, U9
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #623.

    1. May 2020

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