- Map-Legend:
- Adj-Ma-St
- Ma-Adj-St
- St-Adj-Ma
- Adj-St-Ma
- Ma-St-Adj
- St-Ma-Adj
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akan | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Amharic | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Ika | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | NA | ||
| Bernese German | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | ND | ||
| Bwamu | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | NA | ||
| Czech | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | NA | ||
| Jula | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Ninkaré | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | NA | ||
| Finnish | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Finnish | 82 | St-Adj-Ma | 1 | |||
| Finnish | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 1 | |||
| Finnish | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Gagauz | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Gagauz | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Mongolian | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | NA | ||
| Linxia Chinese | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 1 | |||
| Linxia Chinese | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Huarong Chinese | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 1 | |||
| Ancash Quechua | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | NA | ||
| Hungarian | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Indonesian | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | NA | ||
| Italian | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Jejueo | 82 | Adj-St-Ma | 1 | NA | ||
| Jejueo | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | NA | ||
| Kangle Chinese | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 1 | |||
| Kazakh | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | NA | ||
| Standard Mandarin | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 1 | NA | ||
| Marathi | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Mopan Maya | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | NA | ||
| Mooré | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Nepali | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Newari | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Turkish | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Kannada | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | |||
| Polish | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Polish | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 0.5 | |||
| Slovene | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | P | ||
| Slovene | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 1 | S | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Cochabamba Quechua | 82 | Adj-St-Ma | 1 | P | ||
| Cochabamba Quechua | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 | S | ||
| English | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Standard German | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | |||
| Thai | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | NA | ||
| Upper Sorbian | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | NA | ||
| Vietnamese | 82 | Adj-Ma-St | 1 | ND | ||
| Vietnamese | 82 | Ma-St-Adj | 1 | NA | ||
| Oromo | 82 | St-Ma-Adj | 1 |
(82) What is the relative order of standard, marker, and adjective in comparative constructions?
Alternatives to be checked: (1) St-Ma / Ma-St, (2) St-Adj / Adj-St
better than me (Adj-Ma-St)
*than better me (Ma-Adj-St)
*me better than (St-Adj-Ma)
*better me than (Adj-St-Ma)
*than me better (Ma-St-Adj)
*me than better (St-Ma-Adj)
Explanation: 'Marker' refers to, for example, English than and not to any form of comparative marking on the adjective, such as -er or more, e.g. [more expensive] [than] [Switzerland].
Background: Usually, word orders are Adj-Ma-St in V-O languages and St-Ma-Adj in O-V, but the two variables can be independent of each other (e.g., Ma-St-Adj in Mandarin). It is more appropriate to say that Adj-St & Ma-St correlate with V-O and St-Adj & St-Ma with O-V.