Universal #1420

Legacy number: 1420

 Number  1416
 Original  No language has reflexive relative pronouns.
 Standardized  No language has reflexive relative pronouns.
 Keywords  relative, pronoun, coreference
 Domain  syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Keenan 1974
 Source  Keenan 1974: 305

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Discussion
Notes
REFLEXIVE here means coreferential with another NP in the same clause.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
REFLEXIVE here means coreferential with another NP in the same clause.