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What is the most frequent order of property word (adjective) and noun?
Language:
Tsafiki
Feature:
What is the most frequent order of property word (adjective) and noun?
designed by Olga Krasnoukhova
Value:
A
Datapoint contributed by:
Olga Krasnoukhova 2013-12-22
Comment:
Underived adjectives, 'pseudo-adjectives' i.e. lake 'yellow', and nouns functioning as modifiers are always pre-head.
Source:
Dickinson 2002:53
Legal Values and Meanings:
Value
Meaning
?
Not known
A
adj-N
B
N-adj
C
both orders with neither order dominant
D
both but for specific forms
E
both but depend on the characteristics of the nominal head
F
neither, adjectives are not used adnominally
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