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LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Czech33f.iiextraction1NA
Gagauz33f.iiextraction1
Kazakh33f.iiextraction1NA
Polish33f.iiextraction0.5
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian33f.iiextraction1
Thai33f.iiextraction1NA
Upper Sorbian33f.iiextraction1NA

(33) Subject islands

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

f) Can a PP be extracted from a subject that is not in its canonical position?

If a PP can be extracted from an NP (31d)

ii.

*About what will there have a book __ appeared?

(cf. A book about grammar will have appeared.)

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