[Lingtyp] Adjective word order

[Paolo Ramat]

An important contribution to the discussion:

   1. Seiler Hansjakob 1978. Determination: a functional dimension for
   interlanguage comparison. Language Universals: Papers from the
   Conference Held at Gummersbach/Cologne, Germany, October 3–8, 1976 H
   Seiler 301–28 Tübingen: Narr
    [Google Scholar]
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Il giorno sab 4 gen 2025 alle ore 13:33 Bobaljik, Jonathan David via
Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> ha scritto:

>
> A recent review article which includes references to many of the older
> references mentioned by others so far is:
>
> Contras, G. 2023. Adjective Ordering Across Languages. Annu. Rev.
> Linguist. 9:357–76
>
> https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-030521-041835
>
> Jonathan David Bobaljik
> Department of Linguistics
> Harvard University
>
> On Jan 4, 2025, at 13:00, lingtyp-request at listserv.linguistlist.org wrote:
>
>
> *From: *JOO Ian <joo at res.otaru-uc.ac.jp>
> *Subject: **[Lingtyp] Adjective word order*
> *Date: *January 4, 2025 at 11:47:02 GMT+1
> *To: *"<LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>" <
> lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>
>
>
> 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.
>
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