[Lingtyp] IHRCs and verb-final order

[Juergen Bohnemeyer]

Dear all – A query on behalf of an advisee, Luis Ulloa: It has been known since at least Keenan (1985)* that internally-headed relative clauses (IHRCs) occur predominantly or exclusively in verb-final languages. We are looking for any additional literature that has probed into this apparent nexus between IHRCs and verb-final basic order. Thanks! – Juergen

(* Thanks to Matthew Dryer for pointing me to Keenan’s chapter. I was sure I had read about the pattern, but couldn’t remember where.)

Keenan, E. L. (1985). Relative clauses. In T. Shopen (ed.), Language typology and syntactic description vol. II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 141-170.


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