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Universal 630:

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Universal 630:

Original
If a language uses pluralization to form portmanteau from ordinary quantifier words, then it forms distributive-share quantifier words by pluralization.
Standardized
IF pluralization is used to form portmanteau from ordinary quantifier words, THEN distributive-share quantifier words are formed by pluralization as well.
Keywords
quantifier, distributive, pluralization, portmanteau
Domain
morphology
Type
implication
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: 329, U12
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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