Re: Branching typologies [was: Re: "easiest" languages, SE Asian word-order typologies]

En réponse à "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:

>
> I'm curious: what is the most common branching typology for our
> conlangs? Phaleran is very left-branching: SOV word order, relative
> clauses before the noun they modify, adjectival particles before
> the noun they modify.  Degaspregos was/is more right branching:
> although it has mainly SOV word order, relative clauses and
> adjectives usually come after the modified noun.
>
Well, Moten is consistently SOV and head-final (like Japanese. Note that I
prefer words like 'head-first' and 'head-final' because they are less amiguous
than 'left-' or 'right-branching'), with complements and relative clauses
preceeding their head. But adjectives usually follow their head in Moten, which
makes the picture a little blurred. It doesn't have prepositions or
postpositions, so you cannot compare in that.

Azak is consistently VSO and head-first (as much as you can imagine). It
doesn't have postpositions or prepositions, but is heavily agglutinating with
tons of case endings.

Narbonósc and Reman are SVO and mostly head-first (like any other Romance
language) with adjectives which can preceed their head and adverbs which
usually preceed adjectives. And of course they have prepositions. :)

I'll have to check my other languages, I'm not sure of their typologies any
more.

Christophe.

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