8.6.4. The relative order of qualitative modifiers wrt. each other
The default order of attributive adjectices corresponds to the universal semantic hierarchy: opinion >> size >> age >> shape >> color >> origin >> material >> purpose.
| a | gyönyörű | kicsi | régi | hegyes | fekete | spanyol | műbőr | lovaglócsizma |
| the | beautiful | small | old | peaky | black | Spanish | leatherette | riding.boot |
’the beautiful tiny old peaky black Spanish leatherette riding boots’
Source: Alberti & Farkas 2018: 791.
Participial constructions tend to precede adjectives, and adjectives obligatorily precede bare noun modifiers.
| a | te | háromszor | elvál-t | csélcsap | építész | barát-od |
| the | you | three.times | divorce-PTCP | fickle | architect | friend-2SG |
’your three-times divorced fickle architect friend’
Source: Farkas & Alberti 2018a: 105.
Warning! No data for this language yet...
Warning! No data for this language yet...
Warning! No data for this language yet...
Warning! No data for this language yet...
Warning! No data for this language yet...
Read more about:
modification
in Linguistic terms and definitions.