Adjective ordering in Turkish
İsa Kerem Bayırlı · Turkic Languages · 2018
In many languages adjectives modifying a head noun come in a strict order that is regulated by the Adjective Hierarchy. In Turkish, on the other hand, adjectives may come in any order. This raises the possibility that Turkish is one of those languages that lack adjective ordering restrictions. In this paper, we claim that, despite appearances, Turkish does exhibit adjective ordering restrictions. We observe that adjectives preceding the indefinite article must be higher on the Adjective Hierarchy than adjectives following the indefinite article. In order to explain this observation, we offer various amendments to the theory of adjective ordering developed in Sproat and Shih 1991.