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Universal 830: right-extraposed RelCl ⇒ embedded v left-extraposed relatives
- Original
- If a language has right-extraposed relative clauses, then it also has either embedded or left-extraposed relative clauses.
- Standardized
- IF there are right-extraposed relative clauses, THEN there are either embedded or left-extraposed relative clauses.
- Keywords
- relative clause
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages mentioned in Downing 1978
- Source
- Downing 1978: 410
- Counterexamples