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<div>A recent review article which includes references to many of the older references mentioned by others so far is:</div>
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<div>Contras, G. 2023. Adjective Ordering Across Languages. Annu. Rev. Linguist. 9:357–76</div>
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<a href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-030521-041835">https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-030521-041835</a>
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<div>Jonathan David Bobaljik<br>
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Harvard University<br>
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<div>On Jan 4, 2025, at 13:00, lingtyp-request@listserv.linguistlist.org wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(127, 127, 127, 1.0);"><b>Date:
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<div>I have come across multiple sources in popular media that the adjectives within an English noun phrase must follow this order: opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose.</div>
<div>For example, "a lovely (opinion) big (size) red (color) wood (material) house” and not “*a wood lovely red big house.”</div>
<div>What’s curious is that I couldn’t find any academic source for this (seemingly convincing) claim. I’m curious to know how strict it is a grammatical rule, what are the functional-cognitive explanations for it, and whether similar rules (or tendencies)
are present in other languages.</div>
<div>If anyone could point to any relevant previous research, it would be much appreciated.</div>
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<div>From Otaru,</div>
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