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| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernese German | 25 | b | expl | 1 | NA | |
| Bernese German | 25 | b | loc | 1 | NA | |
| Czech | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | NA | |
| Gagauz | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Huarong Chinese | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Huarong Chinese | 25 | b | loc | 1 | ||
| Ancash Quechua | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | NA | |
| Standard Mandarin | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | NA | |
| Standard Mandarin | 25 | b | loc | 1 | NA | |
| Standard Mandarin | 25 | b | other | 1 | NA | |
| Marathi | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Marathi | 25 | b | expl | 1 | ||
| Polish | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | ||
| Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 25 | b | other | 1 | ||
| Cochabamba Quechua | 25 | b | empty_subj | 0.5 | NA | |
| English | 25 | b | expl | 1 | ||
| English | 25 | b | loc | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 25 | b | expl | 1 | ||
| Standard German | 25 | b | loc | 1 | ||
| Upper Sorbian | 25 | b | empty_subj | 0.5 | NA | |
| Upper Sorbian | 25 | b | loc | 1 | NA | |
| Upper Sorbian | 25 | b | other | 1 | NA | |
| Vietnamese | 25 | b | empty_subj | 1 | NA |
(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)