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LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Gagauz33dextraction1
Nepali33dextraction1
Polish33dextraction1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian33dextraction1
Standard German33dextraction1
Oromo33dextraction1

(33) Subject islands

If the language allows extractions from object clauses (31a)

d) Can a possessor be extracted from a subject that is not in its canonical position?

If a possessor can be extracted from an NP (31c)

*Whose did (there) bark __ dog?

(cf. Whose dog barked?)

Background: Languages with V-O order often display a subject-object asymmetry with respect to extraction.