A unique operator for verbal pluractionality and numeral distributivity

Abstract

Cardinal numerals in Seri (isolate, Mexico) are verbs, which, like most verbs in this language, can express pluractionality, i.e. multiplicity of events. I argue that pluractional numerals are interpreted as distributive numerals and give a description of their distributive properties. I propose a fully compositional analysis of pluractionality which can combine with numerals and other verbs to derive the observed effects of each.