Universal #630

Legacy number: 630

 Number  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

← Back to Universals Archive

Discussion
Notes
Cf. #623.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=623"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">