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RelativizationProfile: per-language relativization typology #

A WALS-style summary of a language's relativization system. Captures the two strategy dimensions (Chs 122/123), the relative-clause position with respect to the head noun, and the lowest position on the @cite{keenan-comrie-1977} Accessibility Hierarchy that can be relativized.

Per-language values live in Fragments/{Lang}/Relativization.lean as def relativization : RelativizationProfile. WALS-aggregate cross- linguistic findings live in Typology/Relativization/Basic.lean.

Layer placement #

Located in Typology/ (not Core/) per the @cite{wals-2013}-aligned substrate convention: typological summary records that aggregate cross-linguistic data at the per-language level live alongside the other domain summaries (Typology/WordOrder.lean, Typology/Adposition.lean, Typology/Indefinite.lean, etc.). The lower-level relativization primitives (AHPosition, RCPosition, NPRelType, RelClauseMarker) remain in Core/Relativization/Basic.lean since they're framework- agnostic structural pieces, not typological summaries.

WALS Ch 122: strategy used to relativize the subject position.

  • gap : SubjRelStrategy

    The relativized position is empty. E.g., English "the man [that _ left]".

  • pronounRetention : SubjRelStrategy

    A resumptive pronoun fills the position. E.g., dialectal Arabic.

  • relativePronoun : SubjRelStrategy

    A dedicated wh-element / relative pronoun fills the position and typically fronts. E.g., German "der Mann [der ging]".

  • nonReduction : SubjRelStrategy

    The head noun (or a full NP) is repeated inside the RC.

  • mixed : SubjRelStrategy

    The language productively uses more than one of the above for subjects. WALS does not distinguish a "mixed" category; this is used only in our profiles.

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      WALS Ch 123: strategy used to relativize oblique positions, or whether obliques can be relativized at all.

      • gap : OblRelStrategy

        Gap on obliques (often with preposition stranding).

      • pronounRetention : OblRelStrategy

        Resumptive pronoun on obliques (more common than for subjects).

      • relativePronoun : OblRelStrategy

        Relative pronoun on obliques. E.g., English "in which", German "in der".

      • nonReduction : OblRelStrategy

        Head noun repeated inside the RC.

      • mixed : OblRelStrategy

        Multiple strategies productively used. WALS does not distinguish a "mixed" category; used only in our profiles.

      • notRelativizable : OblRelStrategy

        Obliques cannot be relativized at all in this language.

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          WALS Ch 90D: status of the internally-headed strategy in a language.

          WALS distinguishes whether the internally-headed strategy is the dominant relativization pattern, co-dominant with another (RelN, NRel, correlative, double-headed), present as a non-dominant alternative, merely attested, or absent entirely.

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              A language's relativization profile: WALS Chs 122/123 strategies plus RC position and AH cut-off.

              • subjStrategy : SubjRelStrategy

                Strategy used for relativizing subjects (Ch 122).

              • oblStrategy : OblRelStrategy

                Strategy used for relativizing obliques (Ch 123).

              • rcPosition : Core.RCPosition

                Position of the relative clause with respect to the head noun.

              • lowestRelativizable : Core.AHPosition

                Lowest @cite{keenan-comrie-1977} AH position that can be relativized.

              • internallyHeaded : InternallyHeadedStrategy

                Status of the head-internal relativization strategy (WALS 90D). Defaults to .absent, since most languages outside East Asia, Mesoamerica, and a few isolates lack this construction.

              • notes : String

                Free-text notes on the relativization system, including @cite{...} keys for hand-coded values.

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