Universal #832

Legacy number: 832

 Number  829
 Original  If in a language the verb normally precedes its objects, there are no left-extraposed relative clauses, and if there are right-extraposed relative clauses, then there are postposed relative clauses.
 Standardized  IF the verb normally precedes its objects, THEN there are no left-extraposed relative clauses.
IF the verb normally precedes its objects and there are right-extraposed relative clauses, THEN there are postposed relative clauses
 Formula  VO ⇒ ¬left-extraposed RelCl;
VO & right-extraposed RelCl ⇒ postposed RelCl
 Keywords  order, verb, object, relative clause
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Downing 1978
 Source  Downing 1978: 409

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Discussion
Notes
1. right-extraposed relatives occur at the end of or following the clause containing the modified nominal.2. left-extraposed relatives occur outside of and preceding the clause containing the modified nominal.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. RIGHT-EXTRAPOSED relatives occur at the end of or following the clause containing the modified nominal.

2. LEFT-EXTRAPOSED relatives occur outside of and preceding the clause containing the modified nominal.