Why does the order of adjectives matter?

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Even though saying “the big brown brick wall” means the same as saying “the brick brown big wall”, the second feels so very wrong.

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Grammar was beaten into me by several nuns. Their explanation was nowhere near as compelling as my guy Steven Pinker. If you want to know about language, he is your guy as well.

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