Universal #1160
Legacy number: 1160
| Number | 1156 |
| Original | If the definiteness of the head determines the shape of the relative pronoun, the pronoun co-occurring with the definite head will be “longer“, i. e. it will contain some additional morphological element. |
| Standardized | If the definiteness of the head determines the shape of the relative pronoun, the pronoun co-occurring with the definite head will be “longer“, i.e. it will contain some additional morphological element. |
| Keywords | relative clause, pronoun |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 106 languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1969 |
| Source | Moravcsik 1969: 81 |
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