Universal #829

Legacy number: 829

 Number  826
 Original  If a language has correlative relative constructions, it does not have prenominal ad-relative* clauses.
 Standardized  IF there are correlative relative constructions, THEN there are no prenominal ad-relative* clauses.
 Formula  correlatives ⇒ ¬ RelN
 Keywords  relative clause, order, correlative
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Downing 1978
 Source  Downing 1978: 400

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Discussion
Notes
* ad-relatives are prenominal [...S...NP]NP and postnominal [NP...S...]NP relative clauses, in which S is adjoined to the head NP.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
* AD-RELATIVES are prenominal [...S...NP]NP and postnominal [NP...S...]NP relative clauses, in which S is adjoined to the head NP.