The property Noun Adjective has the value "yes" when an adjective can follow 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 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 Noun Adjective does not exclude a "yes" value for Adjective Noun. In other words, a language could allow both orders in a neutral context.<br>
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 <b>NA (Not Applicable)</b>: NA means that the language has either no nouns or no adjectives.<br>
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Examples:<br><br>
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English is “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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English is also "yes" for the property Adjective Noun: <br>
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It is a red ball.<br>
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In other words, English is “yesâ€ for both the property Noun Adjective and the property Adjective Noun.<br>
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French is "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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French is also "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 house" <br>
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Ewe is "yes" for Noun Adjective:<br>
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avu nyuie<br>
dog good<br>
"a good dog"<br>
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Japanese is "no" for the property Noun Adjective, since this order is always ungrammatical:<br>
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*ie ookina<br>
house big<br>
"big house"<br><br>
