Universal #830

Legacy number: 830

 Number  827
 Original  Relative markers of the same form as interrogative pronouns are found only in postnominal ad-relatives* (and their right-extraposed** counterparts) and in correlative relative clauses.
 Standardized  IF relative marker of the same form as interrogative pronoun is used, THEN relative clause is postnominal or correlative.
 Keywords  relative clause, interrogative, order, correlative
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Downing 1978
 Source  Downing 1978: 405, Downing 1977: 167

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Discussion
Notes
1. * ad-relatives are prenominal [...S...NP]NP and postnominal [NP...S...]NP relative clauses, in which S is adjoined to the head NP. ** right-extraposed relatives occur at the end of or following the clause containing the modified nominal2. Downing (1977) formulated this statement the following way: “In prenominal relative clauses there is no pronominal form of the relative nominal distinct from forms used in other nonrelative and interrogative functions. That is, if the relative clause is retained, it is retained in a weak pronominal form; it does not have an interrogartive or special relative form.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. * AD-RELATIVES are prenominal [...S...NP]NP and postnominal [NP...S...]NP relative clauses, in which S is adjoined to the head NP.
** RIGHT-EXTRAPOSED relatives occur at the end of or following the clause containing the modified nominal

2. Downing 1977 formulated this statement the following way: "In prenominal relative clauses there is no pronominal form of the relative nominal distinct from forms used in other nonrelative and interrogative functions. That is, if the relative clause is retained, it is retained in a weak pronominal form; it does not have an interrogartive or special relative form."