Universal #841

Legacy number: 841

 Number  838
 Original  In prenominal relative clauses there is never an obligatory clause-initial marker. (There may or may not be a clause-final marker.)
 Standardized  IF the relative clause is prenominal, THEN there is no clause-initial marker in these relative clauses.
 Formula  Rel N ⇒ ¬ clause-initial marker
 Keywords  postnominal, relative clause, order, clause-initial marker
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Downing 1977
 Source  Downing 1977: 167, 180

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. #826.2. Cf. #842: #842 is a negation of #841.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=826"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=842"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">: <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=842"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> is a negation of <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_idr=841"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.