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Bernese German25bexpl1UP
Bernese German25bloc1UP
Czech25bempty_subj1
Gagauz25bempty_subj1
Huarong Chinese25bempty_subj1UP
Huarong Chinese25bloc1UP
Ancash Quechua25bempty_subj1
Standard Mandarin25bempty_subj1UP
Standard Mandarin25bloc1UP
Standard Mandarin25bother1UP
Marathi25bempty_subj1UP
Marathi25bexpl1UP
Polish25bempty_subj1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian25bexpl0.5
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian25bother1
Cochabamba Quechua25bempty_subj0.5
English25bexpl1UP
English25bloc1UP
Standard German25bexpl1UP
Standard German25bloc1UP
Upper Sorbian25bempty_subj0.5
Upper Sorbian25bloc1UP
Upper Sorbian25bother1UP
Vietnamese25bempty_subj1

(25) What happens with the subject position if the subject does not appear in its canonical position (displaced subject)?

b) Dislocated noun phrase subject (in focal contexts)

Alternatives to be checked: canonical subject position left unfilled / insertion of expletive pro-noun / insertion of locative pronoun / other

Prompt: What happened thereafter? / What's new?

Plain: [A zebra] was shot.

*Was shot [a zebra]. (subject position unfilled)

It was shot [a zebra]. (insertion of expletive pronoun)

There was [a zebra] shot. (insertion of locative pronoun)

Plain: [A man from India] came in.

There came in [a man from India]. (insertion of locative pronoun)

Plain: [An apple cake] stands on the table.

There stands [an apple cake] on the table. (insertion of locative pronoun)