Kata Wohlmuth (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) gives a talk at DEL on November 6, 2019.
Exploring the meaning of Hungarian reduplicated numerals
Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss some novel data with Hungarian reduplicated numerals that show that the meaning of these elements cannot be captured in terms of distributivity – where distributivity is understood as a relation between sets of entities –, contrary to what previous analyses suggest. I will argue that Hungarian reduplicated numerals are a special class of numerals that provide the cardinality of entities in different sets (Distributive Counting Hypothesis), and I will sketch out a formalization of this intuition.
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