Are these relative clauses correct?
The book "Resumptive Pronouns At The Interfaces" claims the following two sentences are true.
1. An scríbhneoir a molann na mic léinn é
The writer that the students praise
2. An scríbhneoir a mholann na mic léinn
The writer who praises the students
But #1 shouldn't really be an indirect relative since it doesn't contain a personal preposition like "leis" that refers back to "the writer", correct? Or is an indirect relative required if the relative clause contains a direct object pronoun?
Also, #2 means both "the writer who praises the students" and the "the writer who the students praise" depending on context, right?