An internal relative clause is a relative clause whose head noun phrase occurs within the relative clause itself.
This type of relative clause, which occurs only in SOV languages, takes the place of a regular noun phrase argument in the main clause.
(Imbabura Quechua)
[kan | kwitsa | -man | kwintu | -ta | willa | -shka | -ka] | llapa |
you | girl | to | story | ACCUSATIVE | tell | NOMINALIZER | TOPIC | very |
Keenan, Edward L. 1985. "Relative clauses." In Shopen 1985c
Comrie, Bernard. 1989.Language universals and linguistic typology. 2nd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago.