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Universal 121: Prep ⇒ (N Num ⇒ N Rel)

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Universal 121: Prep ⇒ (N Num ⇒ N Rel)

Original
If a language is prepositional, then if the numeral follows the noun, the relative clause follows the noun.
Standardized
IF there are prepositions, THEN IF the numeral follows the noun, THEN the relative clause follows the noun.
Keywords
order, preposition, noun, numeral, relative clause
Domain
syntax
Type
nested implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 350 languages in Hawkins 1983
Source
Hawkins 1983: 74
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Derived by transitivity from ##69, 72, 74, 175.2. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).

    1. May 2020

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