Universal #621
Legacy number: 621
| Number | 618 |
| Original | If a language can relativize a subordinate direct object, then it can relativize a main clause direct object. |
| Standardized | IF a subordinate direct object can be relativized, THEN a main clause direct object can be as well. |
| Keywords | accessibility hierarchy, relative clause, subordinate, main, direct object |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 105 languages of Comrie’s sample |
| Source | Comrie 1981: 154 |
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