Cinquean

English Etymology From en Cinque -an. Adjective - en linguistics Relating to the Italian linguist Guglielmo Cinque. en 2006 Alexandra Teodorescu Adjective Ordering Restrictions Revisited Donald Baumer; David Montero; Michael Scanlon Proceedings of the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics Somerville, MA Cascadilla Proceedings Project 1-57473-415-6 402 https://www.lingref.com/cpp/wccfl/25/paper1473.pdf A possible solution is to keep the Cinquean analysis for plain adjectives and modify it so as to accommodate for operator adjectives as well. https://web.archive.org/web/20260403154906/http://www.lingref.com/cpp/wccfl/25/paper1473.pdf 3 April 2026 en 2008 Louise McNally; Christopher Kennedy Nonrestrictive modifiers in non-parenthetical positions Marcin Morzycki Adjectives and Adverbs: Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse Oxford Oxford University Press 978-0-19-921162-3 121 https://books.google.com/books?id=cQtREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA121 Another difficulty with this approach is that it embodies essentially the Cinquean conception that proved problematic in section 5.3.2. As pointed out there, the nonrestrictive/restrictive contrast seems to cross-cut other semantically based adjective and adverb classes. Thus, even though this is essentially a Cinquean approach, in a curious way it would be difficult to reconcile with a broader Cinquean model