Universal #828
Legacy number: 828
| Number | 825 |
| Original | If a language places relative pronouns that are not interrogative in form in initial position in postnominal relative clauses, then either that language has initial interrogative pronouns in questions or it has a general topicalization process that places thematic material in initial position. |
| Standardized | IF relative pronouns that are not interrogative in form occur in initial position in postnominal relative clauses, THEN either there are initial interrogative pronouns in questions or there is a general topicalization process that places thematic material in initial position. |
| Keywords | relative clause, relative pronoun, interrogative, order, topic |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Schwartz 1971, Downing 1978 |
| Source | Downing 1978: 391, Schwartz 1971 |
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