Universal #87
Legacy number: 87
| Number | 87 |
| Original | IF a language has Prep word order, then if the demonstrative follows the noun, the relative clause follows the noun. |
| Standardized | IF there are prepositions, THEN IF the demonstrative follows the noun, THEN the relative clause follows the noun. |
| Formula | Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N Rel) |
| Keywords | preposition, order, noun, demonstrative, relative clause |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | nested implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | sample of 350 languages in Hawkins 1983 |
| Source | Hawkins 1983: 74 |
Discussion
Notes
1. Derived by transitivity from ##69, 72, 74, 175.2. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).
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2. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).