Universal #222
Legacy number: 222
| Number | 222 |
| Original | If a language has a distributive-key quantifier word, then that word is a distributive-key universal quantifier. |
| Standardized | IF there is a distributive-key quantifier word, THEN that word is a distributive-key universal quantifier. |
| Keywords | quantifier, distributive |
| 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: 315, U1, Gil 1995: 326, U1 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic) (Gil 1992: 316). But Gil (1995: 353) considers Hungarian no counterexample to his universal.
Notes
Cf. Gil’s (1995: 326, U1) alternative formulation, which is implicational:If a quantifier is distributive-key, it is also universal.
Comment
Cf. Gil's (Gil 1995: 326, U1) alternative formulation, which is implicational: If a quantifier is distributive-key, it is also universal.
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