Rara #121
Legacy number: 121
| Number | 121 |
| Phenomenon | adjective after the noun, rather than mirroring the order of adverb relative to verb, where basic word order is VO and adverb comes before verb |
| Found in | Jicaltepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean) |
| Domain | syntax — word order |
| Type | rarissimum |
| Keywords | adjective, adverb |
| Source | Dryer, Matthew S. (1988). Object–verb order and adjective–noun order: Dispelling a myth. Lingua 74: 185-217; p. 202. |
| Violates | one of Greenberg's |
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