Universal 1172: distributive-share universal quantifier ⇒ simple universal quantifier

Universal 1172: distributive-share universal quantifier ⇒ simple universal quantifier

Original

If a language possesses a distributive-share universal quantifier, it possesses a simple universal quantifier.

Standardized

IF there is a distributive-share universal quantifier, THEN there will be a simple universal quantifier.

Keywords

quantifier, distributive, universal

Domain

lexicon

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Georgian, Lezgian (both Caucasian), English, Ancient Greek, Russian, Spanish, Punjabi, Persian (all IE), Lakhota (Siouan), Maricopa (Hokan), Hebrew, Maltese, Galilean Arabic, Jewish Marrakesh Arabic (all Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Bambara, Yoruba, Gã (all Niger-Congo), Buginese, Malay, Tagalog (all Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Malayalam (Dravidian), Mandarin (Chinese, Sino-Tibetan), Nubian (E. Sudanic, Nilo-Saharan), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Warlpiri (Pama-Nyungan)

Source

Gil 1995: 348, U7

Counterexamples