1. V-initial & AdjN but no agreement between N and Adj: Papago and Maya, though agreement is optional in the latter. 2. SVO & GenN but no genitive agreeing with a possessed noun: Finnish, GuaranĂ, and Norwegian. In GuaranĂ, however, the possessed noun is marked by a possessive affix, and in Finnish and Norwegian, there is a genitive case marker to indicate the NP relations.(Foster & Hofling 1987)3. Note that demonstratives, determiners, numerals, and interrogative adjectives seem to be inconsistent with a basic word order and tend to precede the the modified noun.
1. The authors considered the following categories as MODIFIERs of the noun: adjectives (Adj), demonstratives (Dem), determiners (Det) (when applicable), genitives (Gen), numerals (Num), interrogative adjectives (Int), relative clauses (Rel).2. Under AGREEMENT the authors “include all instances where the modifier is morphosyntactically marked to indicate semantic features of the modified noun, such as number, case, and gender, whether or not the modified noun is marked for these features” (Foster & Hofling 1987: 481). Note that the presence of classifiers serves the same function as agreement marking. 3. About the expected order of Noun-modifier in VO languages see #107.
1. The authors considered the following categories as MODIFIERs of the noun: adjectives (Adj), demonstratives (Dem), determiners (Det) (when applicable), genitives (Gen), numerals (Num), interrogative adjectives (Int), relative clauses (Rel).2. Under AGREEMENT the authors “include all instances where the modifier is morphosyntactically marked to indicate semantic features of the modified noun, such as number, case, and gender, whether or not the modified noun is marked for these features” (Foster & Hofling 1987: 481). Note that the presence of classifiers serves the same function as agreement marking. 3. About the expected order of Noun-modifier in VO languages see #107.