Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 @ 1:19PM

Subject > Direct Object > Indirect Object > Oblique > Genitive > Object of comparative

If a language can relativize a noun phrase of the grammatical role X, it can also relativize a noun phrase of any grammatical role to the left of X in this hierarchy. (syntax, typology)

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