on the grammaticality of word orders in Lebanese Arabic (LA) DPs. Adding an .... j. ok N-Ani-Ai-Num-Dem k. ok/? N-Ani-Ai-Dem-Num l. ok/? N-Ani-Dem-Num-Ai.
Order in the DP! On word order and the structure of the DP Sarah Ouwayda and Ur Shlonsky LSA Annual Meeting, Portland, January 8–11, 2015 Novel observations show Cinque’s (2005) phrasal movement proposal makes correct predictions on the grammaticality of word orders in Lebanese Arabic (LA) DPs. Adding an adjective yields grammatical orders Cinque (2005) cannot derive. We show that assuming an additional merge position—either for demonstratives or for numerals—derives the orders without losing Cinque’s typological predictions, and we present evidence favoring an additional numeral position. 1. Background: Refining Greenberg’s (1976) Universal 20, Cinque (2005) and Dryer (2006) 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 in most languages (~77% of languages). Another 9 orders are attested, but are less frequent (~22% of languages). And there are 10 word orders that are either unattested or extremely rare, accounting all together for Adj>Noun (some are additionally derivable from Dem>Adj>Num>Noun, increasing their frequency). The rare/unattested word orders continue to be underivable or to involve very marked movements.
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