Numeral <em>Any</em>: the view from Farsi

This paper documents a dimension of crosslinguistic variation among Universal Free Choice Items. In English, the distribution and interpretation any DPs containing numeral ("numeral any") differs from that with no (Dayal 2005, 2013; Chierchia 2013). contrast, Farsi counterparts mirror each other. Two competing analyses contrast between are assessed against data – Wide Scope Constraint Analysis (Chierchia 2013) Viability The shows that, minimal extensions, either analysis can capture behavior counterpart distributive predicates. situation changes, however, when minimally modified respect to sentences collective predicates: extended captures attested those sentences, but rules them out, undergenerating.