Disputatio:Praemium Nobelianum Litteraturae

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[recensere] Nomen praemii

1. What's the correct name of the prize? At the moment, the article has Praemium Nobelianum Litteraturae. But Bradley's Arnold says: "When a noun is combined with an adjective and a genitive, the usual order is this—Vera animi magnitudo. True greatness of mind" (Intro., no .85). So here, the usual order would be Nobelianum Litteraturae Praemium. Is there a good reason for the words that name the prize to follow an unusual order? Of course Alfred Nobel himself, or his designated administrators, may have framed the Latin names of his prizes in the form that the article shows. Does anybody have an apt attestation or reference? What's the story? IacobusAmor 13:23, 9 Novembris 2006 (UTC)

2. Another angle: is it right to refer here to literature in the genitive, rather than as an adjective of some sort? Just checking! IacobusAmor 13:23, 9 Novembris 2006 (UTC)