The lexical and formal semantics of distributivity
Some predicates are distributive (true of each member of a plural subject: if two people smile, they each do). Others are nondistributive (if two people meet, they do so jointly rather than individually), or go both ways: if two people open a door, perhaps they each do so (distributive), or perhaps...
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Open Library of Humanities
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/5407/ |