Universal #1556

Legacy number: 1556

 Number  1552
 Original  In verb-initial and verb-final languages, but not in verb-medial ones, relative pronouns which code the case of the position relativized are rare. In verb-initial languages it is less rare than in verb-final languages, however.
 Standardized  IF word order is verb-initial or verb-final, THEN relative pronouns which code the case of the position relativized are rare.

IF word order is verb-medial, THEN relative pronouns which code the case of the position relativized are less rare than if word order is verb-final.
 Keywords  order, verb-initial, verb-final, verb-medial, relative clause, relative pronoun, case
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unknown
 Source  unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 14

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Cf. a similar (but more restrictive) statement by Downing: #1566.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. a similar (but more restrictive) statement by Downing: <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1566"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.