Adjective-Noun order

[Michael Rießler]

Dear all,

my reply is not exactly related to the original question about languages with lexical subsets of adjectives requirering different constituent orders inside NPs. However, in my dissertation on adjective attribution marking
* http://omnibus.uni-freiburg.de/~mr5496/downl/RIESSLER2011.pdf
I mention a few languages where different constituent orders are possible but use different attribution marking devices. Examples are Armenian and Georgian.

Best,
Michael Rießler


On Feb 19, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Jennifer Culbertson wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm interested in examples of languages which have lexically-determined exceptions to a general adjective placement rule. A very well-documented example is French, in which adjectives are generally post-nominal but a (small) lexically-determined set can be pre-nominal. Do you know of other examples?
> 
> I'm also interested in whether anyone knows of any typological work which might suggest whether this kind of variation is more common for adjectives compared to numerals (or vice versa). I know of cases in which the placement of the numerals one and/or two differ from other numerals, but I don't have a sense for how common that is.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> 
> Jennifer Culbertson
> Assistant Professor
> Linguistics Program
> George Mason University

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