Universal #824

Legacy number: 824

 Number  821
 Original  While both prenominal and postnominal relative clauses may be formed by gapping, gapping is the overwhelmingly dominant mode of relative clause formation in prenominals.
 Standardized  IF relative clauses are prenominal, THEN relativization is primarily by gapping.
 Formula  Rel N ⇒ gapping
 Keywords  relative clause, order, gapping
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Downing 1978, Keenan 1985b
 Source  Keenan 1985b: 154, Downing 1978: 396

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. Downing’s statement: “With few exceptions in prenominal relative clauses, the relative NP is obligatorily deleted in at least some positions.”
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. Downing's statement: "With few exceptions in prenominal relative clauses, the relative NP is obligatorily deleted in at least some positions."