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Universal 87: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N Rel)

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Universal 87: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N Rel)

Original
IF a language has Prep word order, then if the demonstrative follows the noun, the relative clause follows the noun.
Standardized
IF there are prepositions, THEN IF the demonstrative follows the noun, THEN the relative clause follows the noun.
Keywords
preposition, order, noun, demonstrative, relative clause
Domain
syntax
Type
nested implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
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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