. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ordering typology Pavel Caha 9 Oct 2023 1 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recap Language variation beyond odering Formalist explanations, more variation 2 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) 3 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) 3 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 3 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 3 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 (2) a. 123 4 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 (2) a. 123 b. 132 4 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 (2) a. 123 b. 132 c. 321 4 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 (2) a. 123 b. 132 c. 321 d. 231 4 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 (2) a. 123 b. 132 c. 321 d. 231 e. 312 4 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 (2) a. 123 b. 132 c. 321 d. 231 e. 312 f. 213 4 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meaning and ordering (1) a. 1 + ( 2 x 3 ) b. 1 + ( 3 x 2 ) c. ( 3 x 2 ) + 1 d. ( 2 x 3 ) + 1 (2) a. 123 b. 132 c. 321 d. 231 e. 312 f. 213 (3) Left right asymmetry: Non‐isomorphic orders are only found after the lexical head 4 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion (4) a. thing = noun 6 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion (4) a. thing = noun b. location = noun + place marker (in, on, at, above, ...) 6 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion (4) a. thing = noun b. location = noun + place marker (in, on, at, above, ...) c. path = location + path marker (to, from, via...) 6 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion (4) a. thing = noun b. location = noun + place marker (in, on, at, above, ...) c. path = location + path marker (to, from, via...) (5) a. PATH ( PLACE N ) 6 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion (4) a. thing = noun b. location = noun + place marker (in, on, at, above, ...) c. path = location + path marker (to, from, via...) (5) a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. from ( under the‐box ) 6 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion (4) a. thing = noun b. location = noun + place marker (in, on, at, above, ...) c. path = location + path marker (to, from, via...) (5) a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. from ( under the‐box ) c. through ( under the‐box ) 6 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motion (4) a. thing = noun b. location = noun + place marker (in, on, at, above, ...) c. path = location + path marker (to, from, via...) (5) a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. from ( under the‐box ) c. through ( under the‐box ) d. to ( under the‐box ) 6 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? (7) Reality a. English, Czech, ... 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? (7) Reality a. English, Czech, ... b. Fongbe, ... 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? (7) Reality a. English, Czech, ... b. Fongbe, ... c. Dutch, ... 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? (7) Reality a. English, Czech, ... b. Fongbe, ... c. Dutch, ... d. Waris, ... 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? (7) Reality a. English, Czech, ... b. Fongbe, ... c. Dutch, ... d. Waris, ... e. Iatmul (rare) 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? (7) Reality a. English, Czech, ... b. Fongbe, ... c. Dutch, ... d. Waris, ... e. Iatmul (rare) f. unattested 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Expectations a. PATH ( PLACE N ) b. PATH ( N PLACE ) c. ( PLACE N ) PATH d. ( N PLACE ) PATH e. N PATH PLACE – ? f. PLACE PATH N – ? (7) Reality a. English, Czech, ... b. Fongbe, ... c. Dutch, ... d. Waris, ... e. Iatmul (rare) f. unattested (8) Left right asymmetry: Non‐isomorphic orders are only found after the lexical head 7 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recap Language variation beyond odering Formalist explanations, more variation 8 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering 9 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (9) Expressing Path in Cz a. Nůž knife je is v in šuflíku drawer ‘The knowf is in the drawer’ 10 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (9) Expressing Path in Cz a. Nůž knife je is v in šuflíku drawer ‘The knowf is in the drawer’ b. Dal he.put nůž knife do into šuflíku drawer ‘He put the knife in the drawer.’ 10 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (9) Expressing Path in Cz a. Nůž knife je is v in šuflíku drawer ‘The knowf is in the drawer’ b. Dal he.put nůž knife do into šuflíku drawer ‘He put the knife in the drawer.’ do = PATH+PLACE c. Vzal he.took nůž knife z out.of šuflíku drawer ‘He took the knife out of the drawer.’ 10 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (9) Expressing Path in Cz a. Nůž knife je is v in šuflíku drawer ‘The knowf is in the drawer’ b. Dal he.put nůž knife do into šuflíku drawer ‘He put the knife in the drawer.’ do = PATH+PLACE c. Vzal he.took nůž knife z out.of šuflíku drawer ‘He took the knife out of the drawer.’ z = PATH+PLACE 10 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (10) Expressing Path in Cz a. Petr Petr stojí is.standing u by stromu tree ‘Petr is standing by the tree.’ 11 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (10) Expressing Path in Cz a. Petr Petr stojí is.standing u by stromu tree ‘Petr is standing by the tree.’ b. Petr Petr se refl loudal lazy.walk ke to stromu. tree ‘Petr lazily walked to the tree.’ 11 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (10) Expressing Path in Cz a. Petr Petr stojí is.standing u by stromu tree ‘Petr is standing by the tree.’ b. Petr Petr se refl loudal lazy.walk ke to stromu. tree ‘Petr lazily walked to the tree.’ k = PATH+PLACE c. Petr Petr utíkal ran od away stromu. from the tree. ‘He took the knife out of the drawer.’ 11 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (10) Expressing Path in Cz a. Petr Petr stojí is.standing u by stromu tree ‘Petr is standing by the tree.’ b. Petr Petr se refl loudal lazy.walk ke to stromu. tree ‘Petr lazily walked to the tree.’ k = PATH+PLACE c. Petr Petr utíkal ran od away stromu. from the tree. ‘He took the knife out of the drawer.’ od = PATH+PLACE 11 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (10) Expressing Path in Cz a. Petr Petr stojí is.standing u by stromu tree ‘Petr is standing by the tree.’ b. Petr Petr se refl loudal lazy.walk ke to stromu. tree ‘Petr lazily walked to the tree.’ k = PATH+PLACE c. Petr Petr utíkal ran od away stromu. from the tree. ‘He took the knife out of the drawer.’ od = PATH+PLACE ▶ the emergence of MANNER 11 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (10) Expressing Path in Cz a. Petr Petr stojí is.standing u by stromu tree ‘Petr is standing by the tree.’ b. Petr Petr se refl loudal lazy.walk ke to stromu. tree ‘Petr lazily walked to the tree.’ k = PATH+PLACE c. Petr Petr utíkal ran od away stromu. from the tree. ‘He took the knife out of the drawer.’ od = PATH+PLACE ▶ the emergence of MANNER ▶ MANNER+MOTION+PATH+PLACE+THING 11 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (10) Expressing Path in Cz a. Petr Petr stojí is.standing u by stromu tree ‘Petr is standing by the tree.’ b. Petr Petr se refl loudal lazy.walk ke to stromu. tree ‘Petr lazily walked to the tree.’ k = PATH+PLACE c. Petr Petr utíkal ran od away stromu. from the tree. ‘He took the knife out of the drawer.’ od = PATH+PLACE ▶ the emergence of MANNER ▶ MANNER+MOTION+PATH+PLACE+THING ▶ Manner+Motion > Path+Place > Thing 11 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verb framed languages 12 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering (11) MANNER PATH PLACE THING a. entered Path in Place cave goal floating manner b. plul manner do path+place jeskyně ground 13 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering ▶ On the surface, it is not always easy to establish the same categories across languages 14 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering ▶ On the surface, it is not always easy to establish the same categories across languages ▶ Some markers conflate multiple meanings (fusion – agglutination) 14 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language variation beyond odering ▶ On the surface, it is not always easy to establish the same categories across languages ▶ Some markers conflate multiple meanings (fusion – agglutination) ▶ The argument is still out there 14 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recap Language variation beyond odering Formalist explanations, more variation 15 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Case and number (12) Greenberg’s Universal 39 (Greenberg 1963: 75) Where morphemes of both number and case are present and both follow or both precede the noun base, the expression of number almost always comes between the noun base and the expression of case. 16 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turkish (13) a. el ‐de hand ‐LOC b. el‐ler‐de hand‐PL‐LOC 17 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tagalog (14) a. sa =bata DAT =child b. sa=mga=bata DAT=PL=child 18 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Case and number KP K case NumP Num number NP noun 19 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classical Armenian (15) a. azg‐aw nation‐INS b. azg‐aw‐k’ nation‐INS‐PL 20 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16) The updated U39 (Kloudová 2020) Counterexample are only found after the noun. 21 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16) The updated U39 (Kloudová 2020) Counterexample are only found after the noun. KP K case NumP Num number NP noun 21 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16) The updated U39 (Kloudová 2020) Counterexample are only found after the noun. KP K case NumP Num number NP noun KP NP ... KP K NumP Num NP ... 21 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colloquial Czech SG PL NOM pán pán‐ové ACC pán‐a pán‐y GEN pán‐a pán‐ů LOC pán‐ovi pán‐ech DAT pán‐ovi pán‐ům INS pán‐em pán‐ama 22 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A late insertion scenario KP NP ... KP K NumP Num NP ... 23 / 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A late insertion scenario KP NP ... KP K NumP Num NP ... KP NP ... KP K NumP Num portmanteau 23 / 23