Universal #1317

Legacy number: 1317

 Number  1313
 Original  There is a tendency that, in postspecifying languages (i.e., specified-specifier, head-modifier), the order in complex names normally is Given name-Family name (e.g. Gaelic), and in prespecifying languages, Family name-Given name.
 Standardized  IF head precedes modifier and specified item precedes specifier, THEN Family name follows Given name.
IF modifier precedes head and specifier precedes specified item, THEN Family name precedes Given name.
 Formula  Head-Modifier ⇒ Given name-Family name;
Modifier-Head ⇒ Family name-Given name
 Keywords  order, head, modifier, proper name
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  W. P. Lehmann 1978b: 17

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Notes
Lehmann 1978b: 19: In a VO language (i.e. postspecifying language), the variable element precedes the standard, and in an OV (i.e.prespecifying language), the reverse is true.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Lehmann 1978b: 19:
In a VO language (i.e. postspecifying language), the variable element precedes the standard, and in an OV (i.e.prespecifying language), the reverse is true.