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Language | Question | Subquestion | Color | Parameter | Value | Preference |
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Polish | 38 | e.i | extraction | 1 | ||
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | 38 | e.i | extraction | 1 |
(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)
e) Can a PP be extracted from a subject in its canonical position?
If a PP can be extracted from an NP (36d)
i.
Prompt: [The parents of Harold] complained to the principal.
No! Of Emma [the parents __] complained to the principal.
Background: Languages with (S-)V-O order often display a subject-object asymmetry with respect to extraction.