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| Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gagauz | 38 | d | extraction | 1 | ||
| Polish | 38 | d | extraction | 0.5 |
(38) Subject islands
If you could establish islandhood and crossover constraints in section 3 already, you can skip this section and move on to (39). Otherwise, if the language can (optionally) front a contrastive focus.
Only if the language allows extractions of contrastive foci from object clauses (36a)
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 (36c)
Prompt: *There chased the sheep [the priest's dog]. (grammatical in some languages)
*No! The shopowner's there chased the sheep [__ dog].
Background: Languages with (S-)V-O order often display a subject-object asymmetry with respect to extraction.