Order N3 09_ Noun Numeral Demonstrative
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| The value of the property Noun Numeral Demonstrative is "yes" when this order can be used in a
neutral context. Definition of Demonstrative The following context is a good context to set this property (Wang and McCready 2005): What do you think about …………………….. ? Another good context is to put the Noun Numeral Demonstrative in a phrase functioning either as a subject or an object of a clause: Context: There are exactly three children playing in the street. Someone tells you: ……………………………… are my students I know ……………………………. well. General Note on Word Order Properties: A "yes" value for the property Noun Numeral Demonstrative does not exclude a "yes" value for other orders of these categories. NA: for this property means that the language has no Numerals or no Demonstratives that can combine with nouns. -- Please add a glossed example for any ‘yes’ value. -- If Noun Numeral Demonstrative can be used in other types of contexts, please add an example with a comment, or send an email to the property authors. (In some languages, for example, demonstratives can be used as specific indefinites (English: there is this movie you should see ‘ there is a particular movie you should see’) ) Examples: 1. English is ‘no’ for this property: *What do you think about (the) boys three these 2. Arabic is ‘yes’ for this property: ṣ-ṣuḥuf-u (l-jadiidat-u) ṯ-talaaṯ-u haaḏ-ihi the newspapers.NOM (the new.NOM) the three.NOM these ‘These three new newspapers’ Example from: G. Cinque (2003) “On Greenberg’s Universal 20 and the Semitic DP”. In: Grammar in focus, Festschrift for Christer Platzack, 18 November 2003, ed. by Lars-Olof Delsing, Cecilia Falk, Gunlög Josefsson & Halldór Á. Sigurðsson. Department of Scandinavian Languages, Lund University, 65-73. 3. Basque is ‘yes’ for this property, but with numerals bat (one) and bi (two) only: mutil (eder) bi hauek boy (beautiful) two these ‘these two (beautiful) boys’ H. Artiagoitia (2006) “Basque adjectives and the functional structure of the noun phrase”. Available on line at: http://artxiker.ccsd.cnrs.fr/artxibo-00087305/en/ (example on p. 20.) |
| Contributed by: Cristina Guardiano and Hilda Koopman |
| Language | Value | Contributor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| =Hoan | Yes | Chris Collins | |
| Acehnese | No | Julie Legate | |
| Afrikaans | No | Theresa Biberauer | |
| Agni indénié | Yes | Amoikon Dyhié ASSANVO | |
| Albanian | No | Dalina Kallulli | |
| Amharic | No | Girma Demeke | |
| Ancient Greek | No | Richard Faure | |
| Arabic, Gulf | Yes | Dimitrios Ntelitheos | |
| Bambara | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Bardi | No | Claire Bowern | |
| + Basaa | No | Paul Roger Bassong | |
| Beng | Yes | Denis Paperno | |
| Bengali | No | Priyanka Biswas | |
| + Bole | Yes | Alhaji Gimba | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | No | Ananda Lima | |
| Burmese | No | Timothy Ho | |
| Calabrian (Northern) | No | Giuseppina Silvestri | |
| Catalan | No | Victoria Mateu | |
| Chichewa | Yes | Sam Mchombo | |
| Chickasaw | Yes | Pam Munro | |
| Chol | No | Jessica Coon | |
| Czech | No | Pavel Caha | |
| + Dagaare | Yes | Adams Bodomo | |
| + Dholuo | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Digo | No | Steve Nicolle | |
| Digor Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| Dutch | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Eastern Armenian | No | Karine Megerdoomian | |
| English | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| English (Singapore) | No | Adam Chong | |
| Faroese | No | Hjalmar Páll Petersen | |
| Finnish | No | Anders Holmberg | |
| French | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Frisian (West Frisian) | No | Jarich Hoekstra | |
| + Ga | Yes | Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu | |
| galician | No | Naír García | |
| Garifuna | No | Pam Munro | |
| georgian | No | Lea Nash | |
| German | No | Viola Schmitt | |
| + Greek | Yes | Giorgos Spathas | |
| Gungbe (Porto-Novo) | Yes | Enoch Oladé Aboh | |
| Gurene | No | Samuel Atintono | |
| Haitian | No | Michel DeGraff | |
| Hakka | No | Iris Wu | |
| Hausa | No | Michael A. Estrada | |
| Hindi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| + Hixkaryana | NA | Laura Kalin | |
| Hungarian | No | Anna Szabolcsi | |
| Ibibio | Yes | Willie Willie | |
| Icelandic | No | Jim Wood | |
| Iha | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| imbabura quichua | No | UCLA Linguistics 210 | |
| Indonesian | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Iron Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| + Italian | No | Cristina Guardiano | |
| Jamaican Creole English | No | Stephanie Durrleman | |
| Japanese | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Khasi | No | Gracious Temsen | |
| KiLega | No | Kasangati Kinyalolo | |
| Kiyaka | No | Lukowa Kidima | |
| Korean | No | Hyo Shin | |
| Kuot | No | Eva Lindström | |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | No | Yadgar Karimi | |
| Kusunda | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Laal | Yes | Florian Lionnet | |
| + Lango | Yes | Arwa Rangwala | |
| + Lao | Yes | Alif Silpachai | |
| + Lebanese Arabic | Yes | Lina Choueiri | |
| Maasai (Kisongo) | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Malagasy | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Malayalam | No | Mythili Menon | |
| Mandarin | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Marshallese | No | Heather Willson Sturman | |
| Medumba | Yes | KEUPDJIO HERMANN SIDOINE | |
| Middle Dutch | No | Gertjan Postma | |
| Miya | No | Michael A. Estrada | |
| Nahuatl (Central Huasteca) | No | John Garcia | |
| Nahuatl (Classical) | No | John Garcia | |
| + Nawdm | Yes | Hannah Kim | |
| Nepali | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Northern Thai | Yes | Alif Silpachai | |
| Norwegian | No | Marit Julien | |
| + Nupe | Yes | Jason Kandybowicz | |
| Nweh | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Okinawan | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| Old English | No | Willem Koopman | |
| One | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| panjabi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| Papuan Malay | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Pashto | No | David Pate | |
| Pima | No | Marcus Smith | |
| Polish | No | Barbara Tomaszewicz | |
| Q'anjob'al | No | Kathleen O'Flynn | |
| Russian | No | Denis Paperno | |
| Samoan | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Sandawe | No | Helen Eaton | |
| Scottish Gaelic | No | David Adger | |
| Shan | Yes | Alif Silpachai | |
| + Shupamem | Yes | Abdoulaye Laziz Nchare | |
| Skou | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Spanish | No | Michael A. Estrada | |
| Swedish | No | fredrik heinat | |
| Swiss German | No | Cecile Meier | |
| Tagalog | No | Edith Aldridge | |
| Taiwanese Southern Min | No | Arthur Wang | |
| Thai | Yes | Peter Jenks | |
| Tiwa | No | Virginia Dawson | |
| + Tommo-So | Yes | Laura McPherson | |
| Tukang Besi | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Turkish | No | Murat Kural | |
| Tuvan | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Ukrainian | No | Roksolana Mykhaylyk | |
| Vata | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Vietnamese | No | Binh Ngo | |
| Vlaški-Žejanski-Istro-Romanian | No | Zvjezdana Vrzic | |
| West Flemish | No | Liliane Haegeman | |
| Western Armenian | No | Hrayr Khanjian | |
| Wolof | No | Mariame Sy | |
| + Yoruba | Yes | Johnson Folorunso Ilori |