1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 68: #V ⇒ (N A ⇒ N G) Posted in Universals Archive Universal 68: #V ⇒ (N A ⇒ N G) Original If a language has verb-first order, then if the adjective follows the noun, the genitive follows the noun. Standardized IF basic order is verb-initial, THEN IF the adjective follows the noun, THEN the genitive follows the noun. Keywords order, verb-initial, noun, adjective, attributive, genitive Domain syntax Type nested implication Status achronic Quality statistical (according to author absolute) Basis sample of 350 languages in Hawkins 1983 Source Hawkins 1983: 66 Counterexamples 1. VSO & NA & GN: Yagua (Peba-Yaguan) (Payne 1985, 1986, Dryer 1991, 2000).Guajajara (Tupi); Kilivila (Oceanic, Austronesian), Garawa (Garawan, Australian) (Harrison 1983, 1986: 415, Payne 1985, Dryer 1991, 2000).2. #V & NA & GN: Wolio (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) (Dryer 1991, 1997). Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. Cf. #67. 2. Dryer 1988: 200: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Genitive-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”3. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234). 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP 1. Cf. #67. 2. Dryer 1988: 200: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Genitive-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”3. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234). 1. May 2020
1. Cf. #67. 2. Dryer 1988: 200: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Genitive-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”3. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).