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What is the most frequent order of property word (adjective) and noun?
Language:
Awa-Cuaiquer
Feature:
What is the most frequent order of property word (adjective) and noun?
designed by Olga Krasnoukhova
Value:
D
Datapoint contributed by:
Olga Krasnoukhova 2013-12-22
Comment:
Adj- N. However, when a Spanish adjective is used, the order of constituents can be N-adj, esp.if the noun is also a loan (cf. Curnow 1997:119)
Source:
Curnow 1997:90,117
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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