Universal #833
Legacy number: 833
| Number | 830 |
| Original | If a language has right-extraposed relative clauses, then it also has either embedded or left-extraposed relative clauses. |
| Standardized | IF there are right-extraposed relative clauses, THEN there are either embedded or left-extraposed relative clauses. |
| Formula | right-extraposed RelCl ⇒ embedded v left-extraposed relatives |
| Keywords | relative clause |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Downing 1978 |
| Source | Downing 1978: 410 |
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