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Distributive predicate
SEMANTICS: a predicate that can only apply to individuals. When applied to plural
noun phrases, it 'distributes' over the members of the plurality.
EXAMPLE: in The boys were tall, the tallness is not ascribed to the group
of boys as a whole, but only to the individual members. The opposite of a distributive
predicate is a collective predicate.
LIT. | Link, G. (1983) |