Universal 92: Prep ⇒ ((N Dem v N Num ⇒ N A) & (N A ⇒ N G) & (N G ⇒ N Rel))
Original
Prepositional Noun Modifier Principle
Standardized
IF there are prepositions, THEN (IF nouns precede demonstratives or nouns precede numerals, THEN nouns precede adjectives) and (IF nouns precede adjectives THEN nouns precede genitives) and (IF nouns precede genitives THEN nouns precede relative clauses).
1. Derived by collapsing ##69, 72, 74.2. Dryer 1988: 198, 200: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Adposition-Noun and Adjective-Noun order nor for the correlation between Genitive-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”3. Including N Poss => N A (#101) yields: Prep => ((N Dem v N Num v N Poss => N A) & (N A => N G) & (N G => N Rel).4. Since the 1990s, Hawkins has proposed alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).
1. Derived by collapsing ##69, 72, 74.2. Dryer 1988: 198, 200: “There is no clear evidence for the correlation between Adposition-Noun and Adjective-Noun order nor for the correlation between Genitive-Noun and Adjective-Noun order.”3. Including N Poss => N A (#101) yields: Prep => ((N Dem v N Num v N Poss => N A) & (N A => N G) & (N G => N Rel).4. Since the 1990s, Hawkins has proposed alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).