Re:Complete Introduction to Particles in Japanese
by wizofaus on Sunday August 28, 2022 @07:50AM
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> adjective order actually correlates pretty well across languages.
Maybe a certain extended family of languages, but not, as far as I'm aware, the language being discussed in this thread, which has no particular preference for adjective order.
The oft-repeated opinion-to-purpose order of adjectives has decent descriptive power, but is easily oversold; the classes described do not have consistent ordering across contexts. The same woman may be an "old American woman" when interviewed for his opinions on global politics, or an "American old woman" in the context of comparing healthcare for the elderly across countries.
The "big bad wolf" is a fairy-tale villain; a "bad big wolf" is a failure at being a big wolf.