Universal 824: initial relative pronoun (RelCl) ⇒ ¬personal pronoun of the same NP

Universal 824: initial relative pronoun (RelCl) ⇒ ¬personal pronoun of the same NP

Original

If a relative clause contains an initial relative pronoun, it does not contain a personal pronoun form of the same NP.

Standardized

IF a relative clause contains an initial relative pronoun, THEN it does not contain a personal pronoun form of the same NP.

Keywords

relative clause, relative pronoun, personal pronoun

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages mentioned in Downing 1978

Source

Downing 1978: 384, 391

Counterexamples

Rumanian (Romance, Indo-European)