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| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 14 |
Discussion
Notes
Cf. a similar (but more restrictive) statement by Downing: #1566.
Comment
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">.
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