- Map-Legend:
- empty_subj
- expl
- other
- Mixed Data
- No Data
| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amharic | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Bernese German | 25 | a | expl | 1 | NA | |
| Bwamu | 25 | a | expl | 1 | NA | |
| Czech | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | NA | |
| Jula | 25 | a | expl | 1 | NA | |
| Gagauz | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Ancash Quechua | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | NA | |
| Marathi | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Polish | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Polish | 25 | a | expl | 1 | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 25 | a | expl | 1 | ||
| English | 25 | a | expl | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 25 | a | expl | 1 | ||
| Thai | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 | P | |
| Thai | 25 | a | expl | 1 | S | |
| Tunen | 25 | a | expl | 1 | NA | |
| Upper Sorbian | 25 | a | expl | 1 | NA | |
| Oromo | 25 | a | empty_subj | 1 |
(25) What happens with the subject position if the subject does not appear in its canonical position (displaced subject)?
a) Displaced (extraposed) sentential subject
Alternatives to be checked: canonical subject position left unfilled / insertion of expletive pro-noun / other
Plain: [To teach linguistics] is fun.
*Is fun [to teach linguistics]. (subject position unfilled)
It is fun [to teach linguistics]. (insertion of expletive pronoun)
Plain: [That Bill won the prize] does not matter to me.
*Does not matter to me [that Bill won the prize]. (subject position unfilled)
It does not matter to me [that Bill won the prize]. (insertion of expletive pronoun)
Plain: [That you have come] pleases me.
*Pleases me [that you have come]. (subject position unfilled)
It pleases me [that you have come]. (insertion of expletive pronoun)
Plain: [Learning German] annoys me.
*Me annoys [learning German]. (subject position unfilled)
*It annoys me [learning German]. (insertion of expletive pronoun)