Distributive numerals in Albanian

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ID10140211
AutoresBujar Rushiti (0000-0003-2747-4225, Université Paris Cité, autor correspondente), Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Carmen Dobrovie‐sorin (0000-0002-8658-9746, Université Paris Cité)
Ano2023
Volume60
Fascículo4
Páginas889-919
Data de publicação2023-11-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226723000300
OpenAlexW4388929139
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas38

This paper investigates nga -marked numerals in Albanian. They qualify as distributive numerals, since the presence of nga on the numeral yields a distributive reading of the sentences they belong to. Beyond their differences, most of the previous accounts rely on the hypothesis that distributive numerals introduce some kind of semantic feature, e.g. a covariation feature; an evaluation plurality requirement, also called a post-suppositional plurality requirement; or a distributivity force. Our main claim goes against this trend of thinking. We propose that distributive numerals do not carry any semantic feature but only a formal syntactic feature that needs to enter a syntactic dependency relation with a distributivity feature. The analysis is implemented in terms of Zeijlstra’s (2004) upward agree

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