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AttributivesPronounsAttributiveModiersWiththeorderingofattributivemodierswendaphenomenonthatappearstobesyntacticatrstbutis,Ithink,trulysemanticthroughandthrough—oratleast,sensitivetobothsemanticandsyntacticproperties.Forexample,innicenewgreensandalsitseemshardtoreorderanyoftheadjectives:nicenewgreensandals??nicegreennewsandals??newnicegreensandals??newgreennicesandals??greennicenewsandals??greennewnicesandals AttributivesPronounsAttributiveModiersTheconditionsonsequencingofattributivemodiersarenotstrictliketheconditionthatsaystheDeterminerprecedestheHead.Theyarelabileconstraints:violatingthemcreatesspecialeffects,orlowersacceptability,butdoesnotclearlymarktheresultasnotbeingEnglish.Earlymodiers(determinativessuchasnumerals;superlativeadjectives;ordinaladjectives;primacyadjectives)haveastrongtendencytoprecederesidualmodiers(allothers):thetwo vital facts[D+residual]thelargest known meteorite[sup+residual]thesecond abortive attempt[ord+residual]akey new proposal[prim+residual] AttributivesPronounsAttributiveModiersShiftinganymodierleftwardinitssequencetendstosuggestitisbeingusedcontrastivelywiththefollowingconstituentpresupposed:pinkItalianswimsuitifItalianswimsuitsareunderdiscussion;Italianpinkswimsuitifpinkswimsuitsareunderdiscussion.