Universal #92

Legacy number: 92

 Number  92
 Original  Prepositional Noun Modifier Principle
 Standardized  IF there are prepositions, THEN (IF nouns precede demonstratives or nouns precede numerals, THEN nouns precede adjectives) and (IF nouns precede adjectives THEN nouns precede genitives) and (IF nouns precede genitives THEN nouns precede relative clauses).
 Formula  Prep ⇒ ((N Dem v N Num ⇒ N A) & (N A ⇒ N G) & (N G ⇒ N Rel))
 Keywords  order, preposition, noun, demonstrative, numeral, adjective, attributive, relative clause
 Domain  syntax
 Type  nested implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 350 languages in Hawkins 1983
 Source  Hawkins 1979: 636, Hawkins 1983: 75

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Discussion
Notes
1. Derived by collapsing ##69, 72, 74.2. Dryer 1988: 198, 200: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Adposition-Noun and Adjective-Noun order nor for the correlation between Genitive-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”3. Including N Poss => N A (#101) yields: Prep => ((N Dem v N Num v N Poss => N A) & (N A => N G) & (N G => N Rel).4. Since the 1990s, Hawkins has proposed alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Derived by collapsing <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=69"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=72"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=74"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.

2. Dryer 1988: 198, 200: "There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Adposition-Noun and Adjective-Noun order nor for the correlation between Genitive-Noun and Adjective-Noun order."

3. Including N Poss ⇒ N A (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=101"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) yields: Prep ⇒ ((N Dem v N Num v N Poss ⇒ N A) & (N A ⇒ N G) & (N G ⇒ N Rel).

4. Since the 1990s, Hawkins has proposed alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).