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rarissimum 121

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rarissimum 121: 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

Where found
Jicaltepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean)
Domain
syntax
Subdomain
word order
Keywords
adjective, adverb
Type
rarissimum
Universals violated
one of Greenberg’s
Source
Dryer, Matthew S. (1988). Object–verb order and adjective–noun order: Dispelling a myth. Lingua 74: 185-217; p. 202.