The property Adjective Noun has the value "yes" when an adjective can precede the noun it modifies in a <a href="/glossary#neutral-context">neutral context</a>. This definition concerns attributive adjectives that modify a noun such as “big ballâ€, not predicate adjectives such as “bigâ€ in the sentence “The ball is big.â€ The noun should be a common noun such as "book", "person", "house", etc. (as opposed to a proper noun, pronoun, or quantificational expressions like “somethingâ€). As with all word order properties, we restrict our attention to <a href="/glossary#productive">productive word order</a> patterns.<br>
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<b>General Note on Word Order Properties</b>: <br>
A "yes" value for Adjective Noun does not exclude a "yes" value for Noun Adjective. In other words, a language could allow both orders in a neutral context.<br>
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 <b>NA (Not Applicable)</b>: NA for this property means that the language has either no nouns or no adjectives.<br>
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Examples:<br>
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English is "yes" for the property Adjective Noun: <br>
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It is a red ball.<br>
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English is also “yesâ€ for the property Noun Adjective because of a substantial number of examples such as:<br>
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The people present,<br>
The students involved,<br>
The man responsible<br>
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In other words, English is “yesâ€ for both the property Adjective Noun and the property Noun Adjective.<br>
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French is "yes" for the property Adjective Noun since there is a class of adjectives that precede the noun: <br>
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Une          belle                   maison<br>
a.F     beautiful.F    house<br>
“A beautiful houseâ€ <br>
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French is also "yes" for the property Noun Adjective, since there are adjectives that follow the noun in French: <br>
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Un            homme  intéressant<br>
a.M   man       interesting.M<br>
"An interesting man"<br>
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In other words, French is “yesâ€ for both the property Adjective Noun and the property Noun Adjective. <br>
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5. <br>
Japanese is "yes" for the property Adjective Noun: <br>
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ookina    ie<br>
big        house<br>
"a big house"<br>
