Abstract
In this paper, we introduce the issue of adjective order and show that different approaches vary in their answers to the question of how fine-grained the semantic categories determining adjective order are. We report on a corpus study that we conducted and that illustrates that a clear answer to the question of what general factors exactly determine adjective order is elusive, given the multifactorial nature of the problem. We then present the individual contributions to this special issue, and how they attempt to add new observations from Germanic languages to the general issues revolving around the topic of adjective order.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Long-standing issues in adjective order and corpus evidence for a multifactorial approach
- Linear vs. hierarchical: Two accounts of premodification in the of-binominal noun phrase
- A cognitive-functional approach to the order of adjectives in the English noun phrase
- Adjective orders in Cimbrian DPs
- How real are adjective order constraints? Multiple prenominal adjectives at the grammatical interfaces
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Long-standing issues in adjective order and corpus evidence for a multifactorial approach
- Linear vs. hierarchical: Two accounts of premodification in the of-binominal noun phrase
- A cognitive-functional approach to the order of adjectives in the English noun phrase
- Adjective orders in Cimbrian DPs
- How real are adjective order constraints? Multiple prenominal adjectives at the grammatical interfaces