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Universal 1342:

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Universal 1342:

Original
If a language has dominant SOV order and the genitive follows the governing noun and the language has a parts-of-speech system of types 4-5/6, then the adjective likewise follows the noun.
Standardized
If a language has dominant SOV order and the genitive follows the governing noun and the language has a parts-of-speech system of types 4-5/6, then the adjective likewise follows the noun.
Keywords
word class, order, SOV, attributive, adjective, noun
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
no data
Source
Hengeveld, Rijkhoff, & Siewierska 1997
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One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. For full reference about types of parts-of-speech systems see #248.2. This is the reformulation of Greenberg’s universal 5 (see #5): If a language has dominant SOV order and the genitive follows the governing noun, then the adjective likewise follows the noun.

    1. May 2020

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