Keenan–Comrie hierarchy

GPTKB entity

Statements (15)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic hierarchy
gptkbp:appliesTo languages of the world
gptkbp:describes relative clause accessibility
gptkbp:field gptkb:syntax
linguistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Keenan–Comrie hierarchy
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Edward_Keenan
gptkb:Bernard_Comrie
gptkbp:proposedBy 1977
gptkbp:relatedTo relative clauses
gptkbp:state hierarchy: subject > direct object > indirect object > oblique > genitive > object of comparison
subjects are more accessible to relativization than objects
gptkbp:usedIn typological studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ed_Keenan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7