Universal #623

Legacy number: 623

 Number  620
 Original  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)
 Source  Gil 1992: 319, U3, Gil 1995: 328, U2

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Cf. # 630.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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