In more than one language, and possibly in all, if the adnominal demonstrative co-occurs with a definite article that is in construction with the noun, the demonstrative is ordered more peripherally than the definite article.
Standardized
IF the adnominal demonstrative and the definite article occur on the same side of the head noun, THEN the demonstrative is consistently more peripheral than the article.
Keywords
adnominal demonstrative, definite article, noun, order
1. Moravcsik 1997: 318: “Evidence provided by Dryer, p.c., and in Greenberg 1963: #20, Hawkins 1983: 117-120, and Rijkhoff 1990 shows that there is a tendency to keep the demonstrative in peripheral position.” 2. The peripheral of the adnominal demonstrative would be explained if the demonstrative were analyzed as a separate noun phrase to which the rest of the phrase – the article and the noun – is appended in appositive-like fashion (cf. Rijkhoff 1992: 153).
1. Moravcsik 1997: 318: “Evidence provided by Dryer, p.c., and in Greenberg 1963: #20, Hawkins 1983: 117-120, and Rijkhoff 1990 shows that there is a tendency to keep the demonstrative in peripheral position.” 2. The peripheral of the adnominal demonstrative would be explained if the demonstrative were analyzed as a separate noun phrase to which the rest of the phrase – the article and the noun – is appended in appositive-like fashion (cf. Rijkhoff 1992: 153).