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Universal 828: rigid OV ⇒ RelN & ¬ right-extraposed clause

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Universal 828: rigid OV ⇒ RelN & ¬ right-extraposed clause

Original
The most consistent OV languages (e.g. Japanese and Turkish) have prenominal relatives and no right-extraposed* relative clauses.
Standardized
IF basic order is rigidly OV, THEN there are prenominal relatives and no right-extraposed relative clauses.
Keywords
order, verb, object, relative clause
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Downing 1978
Source
Downing 1978: 409
Counterexamples
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    1. right-extraposed relatives occur at the end of or following the clause containing the modified nominal2. Languages with extraposed clauses (including correlative RCs) are not rigidly OV in structure in other respects.3. Dryer 1986: 102 surveying the sample of 506 languages “ …both orders N Rel and RelN are common in OV languages.”

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