Universal 677:

Original: If a language uses relative pronouns of interrogative form in ad-relative* clauses, then in that language interrogative pronouns are placed in initial position in questions.
Standardized: IF relative pronouns of interrogative form are used in ad-relative clauses, THEN interrogative pronouns are placed in initial position in questions.
Keywords: relative clause, interrogative pronoun, question, order, relative pronoun
Domain: syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: absolute
Basis: languages in Schwartz 1971, Downing 1983
Source: Downing 1978: 391, Schwartz 1971

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