1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 72: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N A) Posted in Universals Archive Universal 72: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N A) Original If a language has Prep word order, then if the demonstrative determiner follows the noun, the adjective follows the noun. Standardized IF there are prepositions, THEN IF the demonstrative determiner follows the noun, THEN the adjective follows the noun. Keywords order, preposition, noun, demonstrative, adjective Domain syntax Type nested implication Status achronic Quality statistical (according to author absolute) Basis sample of 350 languages in Hawkins 1983 Source Hawkins 1983: 71 Counterexamples Prep & NDem & AN: Gbeya Bossangoa, Sango, Linda, Nzakara, Barambu (Adamawa-Ubangian); Kresh (Bongo-Bagirmi, Nilo-Saharan); Gude (Biu-Mandara, Chadic, Afroasiatic); Hausa, Pa’anci (Chadic, Afroasiatic); Central Agta (Philippine Austronesian); Nisgha, Coast Tsimshian (Tsimshianic); Jakaltek (Mayan) (Dryer 2000). Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. Dryer 1988: 198: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Adposition-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”2. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234). 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP 1. Dryer 1988: 198: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Adposition-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”2. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234). 1. May 2020
1. Dryer 1988: 198: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Adposition-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”2. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).