Universal 523:

Universal 523:

Original

In more than one language, and possibly in all, preposed demonstratives are peripheral to tautolateral numerals and adjectives; postposed demonstratives are most frequently so.

Standardized

In more than one language, and possibly in all, preposed demonstratives are peripheral to tautolateral numerals and adjectives; postposed demonstratives are most frequently so.

Keywords

order, demonstrative, numeral, adjective, noun

Domain

syntax

Type

unconditional

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical, almost absolute

Basis

languages surveyed by Moravcsik 1997

Source

Moravcsik 1997: 318

Counterexamples