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Word Order Variation in Lebanese Arabic DPs: In Support of Low Numerals

Author(s) -

Sarah Ouwayda,

Ur Shlonsky

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

linguistic inquiry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1530-9150

pISSN - 0024-3892

DOI - 10.1162/ling_a_00240

Subject(s) - markedness , numeral system , word order , movement (music) , specifier , linguistics , word (group theory) , variation (astronomy) , noun , order (exchange) , mathematics , adjective , constraint (computer aided design) , arithmetic , computer science , noun phrase , philosophy , physics , geometry , astrophysics , finance , economics , aesthetics

Refining Greenberg’s (1963) Universal 20, Cinque (2005) and Dryer (2009) show that the typological distribution of the order of the four elements Demonstrative, Numeral, Adjective, and Noun is extremely uneven. There are 24 possible permutations of these elements, but only 5 of them constitute the dominant orders across languages (1i). Another 9 orders are attested, but are less frequent (1ii). The final 10 word orders are either unattested or extremely rare, accounting altogether for less than 1% of languages (1iii).

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