Universal #113

Legacy number: 113

 Number  113
 Original  Adj Qual languages exhibit a clear tendency to be N Adj.
 Standardized  IF adjectives precede qualifiers, THEN nouns tend to precede adjectives.
 Formula  Adj Qual ⇒ N Adj
 Keywords  order, noun, adjective, qualifier
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 316 languages in Dryer 1988a
 Source  Dryer 1988a: 204

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Discussion
Notes
By a QUALIFIER Dryer means a function word (characterized sometimes in generative work as a degree word and in traditional grammar, misleadingly, as a type of adverb) that qualifies or intensifies an adjective. Among the qualifiers in English are very, more, and somewhat.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
By a QUALIFIER Dryer means a function word (characterized sometimes in generative work as a degree word and in traditional grammar, misleadingly, as a type of adverb) that qualifies or intensifies an adjective. Among the qualifiers in English are very, more, and somewhat.