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Universal 76:

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Universal 76:

Original
Only languages in which promotion to subject via passivization results in verb coding the semantic case of the promoted non-agent exhibit the subject-only constraint on relativization.
Standardized
IF relativization is restricted to subjects, THEN the semantic case of the non-agent promoted to subject in passivization is coded on the verb.
Keywords
diathesis, relativization, passivization, subject, verb-marking
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages in Givón 1975
Source
Givón 1975: 71,120
Counterexamples

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    FP
    1. May 2020

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