3 ms·
> Clifford is a big red dog, not a red big dog Speaking of which, I've yet to see a similar description of tightly structured adjective order for any language
by euroderf 3y ago
> Clifford is a big red dog, not a red big dog
Speaking of which, I've yet to see a similar description of tightly structured adjective order for any language other than English. I can't believe that English is unique in this regard.
- abeppu 3y agoIn fact, strong preferences on adjective order are extremely common, and languages including English are often in agreement about what order (or proximity to the noun) adjectives ought to have. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-030521-041835 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-lingu...
- euroderf 3y agoThank you for this!
- veqq 3y agoSome other Germanic languages have specific adverb order: - German adverbs are time-manner-place. - Swedish adverbs are manner-place-time.