Abstract Subject preference in relative clauses (RCs) has been reported typologically diverse languages, but overall one notes that the number of languages analyzed experimentally remains extremely low. This paper presents experimental and natural evidence from Ixcatec, a critically-endangered Otomanguean language. Ixcatec is relevant to discussion on universal subject for having syntactically ...

The question of whether there exists a universal subject preference in relativization has stimulated research wide range languages and across different domains, yielding an extensive body literature relative clause acquisition processing. In this article, we aim at consolidating the efforts existing order to inform further exploration universality with comprehensive analysis relevant work (incl...