Universal #1596

Legacy number: 1596

 Number  1592
 Original  The restriction of internally headed relative clauses to OV languages implies that these relative clauses are found in languages having left-branching rather than (in addition to) right-branching NP structure.
 Standardized  IF there are internally headed relative clauses, THEN basic word order will be OV.
IF basic word order is OV, THEN there will be left-branching.
FROM WHICH FOLLOWS:
IF there are internally headed relative clauses, THEN there will be left-branching NP structure.
 Formula  internal relative clause ⇒ OV ⇒ left-branching NP structure
 Keywords  relative clause, internal (= replacive), order, OV, NP, left-branching
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Imbabura Quechua, Ancash Quechua
 Source  Cole 1987: 282

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Discussion
Notes
1. In INTERNALLY HEADED relative clauses, the nominal which is understood as the head occurs, on the surface, in a position internal to the modifying clause. Downing (#679) calls such relative clauses ‘replacive’, Keenan (#1595) calls them ‘internal RelCs’, Gorbet (#1601) refers to them as to ‘headless relative clauses’ Gil (2000) and Cole himself refer to them as to ‘internally-headed’. 2. This statement is derived by transitivity from ##679, 1595 (internally headed relative clauses => OV order) and #920 (OV => left-branching).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. In INTERNALLY HEADED relative clauses, the nominal which is understood as the head occurs, on the surface, in a position internal to the modifying clause.
Downing (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=679"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) calls such relative clauses 'replacive', Keenan (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1595"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) calls them 'internal RelCs', Gorbet (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1601"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) refers to them as to 'headless relative clauses' Gil 2000 and Cole himself refer to them as to 'internally-headed'.

2. This statement is derived by transitivity from <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=679"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1595"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> (internally headed relative clauses ⇒ OV order) and <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=920"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> (OV ⇒ left-branching).