If in comparisons of superiority the only order, or one of the alternative orders, is standard – marker – adjective, then the language is postpositional. With overwhelmingly more than chance frequency if the only order is adjective – marker – standard, the language is prepositional.
Standardized
IF in comparisons of superiority the only order, or one of the alternative orders, is Standard – Marker – Adjective, THEN there are postpositions; IF the only order is Adjective – Marker – Standard, THEN there are prepositions.
1. To illustrate from English: old-er than Methuselah [Adj-Marker-Standard].Actually, English has a couple of what arguably are POSTpositions: ’s (“genitive”), ago.2. See also #1348, which has the ordering of A, Marker, Standard as an implicatum of VO/VO. ##55 and 491 have prepositions/postpositions also as implicata of VO/OV, which by transitiviy allows a direct linking.
1. To illustrate from English: old-er than Methuselah [Adj-Marker-Standard].Actually, English has a couple of what arguably are POSTpositions: ’s (“genitive”), ago.2. See also #1348, which has the ordering of A, Marker, Standard as an implicatum of VO/VO. ##55 and 491 have prepositions/postpositions also as implicata of VO/OV, which by transitiviy allows a direct linking.