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Kannada40present1
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(40) Are there correlative relative clauses (or any other internally headed relative clauses)?

Alternatives to be checked: yes / no; if yes, please specify

Korku (Austroasiatic)

[jo kitaabo tebal-à-liɲ-en ɖoò-k-en] ɖii (kitaabo) iɲ-àʔ hoy.

which book table-GEN-on-LOC put/keep-INTNSV-ITR.PST that book 1SG-GEN COP

'The book put/kept on the table is mine.' (Zide)

Explanation: Working definition of correlative relative clauses: an internally headed restrictive relative clause in the left periphery, followed by a main clause with a resumptive element (bi-clausal construction). Please exclude non-restrictive cases as well as cases without head nouns (e.g., The more the merrier.). For English, this is only attested in a variety in South Africa: South African Indian English (Mesthrie & Dunne). But now, [which-one principal came here], she's just cheeky like the other one.

Background: Both correlative relative clauses (only common in South Asia and West Africa) and internally headed relative clauses (common in North America) show some cross-linguistic connection to O-V order.