Universal #678
Legacy number: 678
| Number | 675 |
| Original | It very rarely happens that prenominal Relative Clauses regularly retain personal pronoun in the NPrel position. |
| Standardized | IF relative clauses are prenominal, THEN they very rarely retain a personal pronoun in the position of the relativized NP. |
| Keywords | relative clause, order, personal pronoun |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Keenan 1985b |
| Source | Keenan 1985b: 148 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Mandarin; Korean (Korean has prenominal RelCs and occasionally uses personal pronoun NPrel s when NPrel is a possessor).
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