Pluractionality and distributive numerals

Abstract

AbstractCross‐linguistically, morphological marking on verbs and nouns can indicate that a plurality of events or individuals is distributed with respect to another plurality. In the verbal domain, these have been called pluractionals; in the nominal domain, they have been called distributive numerals or dependent indefinites. This paper discusses recent semantic approaches to the cross‐domain parallels between the two phenomena. After establishing some formal and typological background, we introduce a number of recent compositional challenges that have been introduced by these patterns.