Edited by Anne Dahl, Kristine Bentzen, and Peter Svenonius Subject Extraction out of Free Relatives in Norwegian*

Extraction out of free relative clauses (FRs) is not expected to be possible as adjuncts are typically islands for movement. Such movement violates Subjacency and the ECP. However, Engdahl (1997):56 noted that Norwegian seems to allow the extraction of the subject of a free relative in some instances. She gave the example shown in (1). (1) Denne kunstnereni kjøper jeg hva enn ti produserer1 this artist buy I what ever produces ‘I buy whatever this artist produces’ An illustration of this extraction (assuming the headless analysis of free relatives) is given in (2)