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Universal 1592: internal relative clause ⇒ OV ⇒ left-branching NP structure

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Universal 1592: internal relative clause ⇒ OV ⇒ left-branching NP structure

Original
The restriction of internally headed relative clauses to OV languages implies that these relative clauses are found in languages having left-branching rather than (in addition to) right-branching NP structure.
Standardized
IF there are internally headed relative clauses, THEN basic word order will be OV.
IF basic word order is OV, THEN there will be left-branching.
FROM WHICH FOLLOWS:
IF there are internally headed relative clauses, THEN there will be left-branching NP structure.
Keywords
relative clause, internal (= replacive), order, OV, NP, left-branching
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Imbabura Quechua, Ancash Quechua
Source
Cole 1987: 282
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. In INTERNALLY HEADED relative clauses, the nominal which is understood as the head occurs, on the surface, in a position internal to the modifying clause. Downing (#679) calls such relative clauses ‘replacive’, Keenan (#1595) calls them ‘internal RelCs’, Gorbet (#1601) refers to them as to ‘headless relative clauses’ Gil (2000) and Cole himself refer to them as to ‘internally-headed’. 2. This statement is derived by transitivity from ##679, 1595 (internally headed relative clauses => OV order) and #920 (OV => left-branching).

    1. May 2020

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