[Lingtyp] Adjective word order

[Christian Lehmann]

Hansjakob Seiler published various articles entirely devoted to your 
question, starting with

Seiler, Hansjakob 1978, "Determination: A functional dimension for 
inter-language comparison." Seiler, Hansjakob (ed.), /Language 
universals. Papers from the Conference held at Gummersbach/Cologne, 
Germany, October 3-8, 1976./ Tübingen: G. Narr (Tübinger Beiträge zur 
Linguistik, 111); 301-32.

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Am 04.01.2025 um 11:47 schrieb JOO Ian via Lingtyp:
> Dear typologists,
>
> 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.
> For example, "a lovely (opinion) big (size) red (color) wood 
> (material) house” and not “*a wood lovely red big house.”
> 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.
> If anyone could point to any relevant previous research, it would be 
> much appreciated.
>
> From Otaru,
> Ian
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