Universal #1597

Legacy number: 1597

 Number  1593
 Original  Internally headed relative clauses occur only in languages manifesting null anaphora (that is, the use of null NPs in place of lexical pronouns etc. in most argument positions).
 Standardized  IF there are internally headed relative clauses, THEN there will be null anaphora (i.e., pro drop).
 Formula  internal relative clause ⇒ null anaphora
 Keywords  relative clause, internal (= replacive), anaphora, pro drop
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  ?
 Source  Cole 1987: 282

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Discussion
Notes
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’.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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'.