Control as Movement

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 13
2.2 What any theory of control should account for......Page 17
2.3 Control in the standard-theory framework......Page 18
2.4 Control in GB......Page 21
2.5.1 The null-case approach......Page 28
2.5.2 The Agree approach......Page 32
2.5.2.1 The relevance of partial control......Page 33
2.5.2.2 [Tense] and [Agr] features and finite control......Page 35
2.5.2.3 Determining the interpretation of obligatorily controlled PRO via Agree......Page 38
2.5.2.4 Simplifying Landau’s “calculus of control”......Page 43
2.5.2.5 Summary......Page 46
2.6 Conclusion......Page 47
3.1 Introduction......Page 48
3.2 Departing from the null hypothesis: historical, architectural, and empirical reasons......Page 49
3.3 Back to the future: elimination of DS and the revival of the null hypothesis......Page 55
3.4 Controlled PROs as A-movement traces......Page 58
3.4.1 Configurational properties......Page 59
3.4.2 Interpretive properties......Page 61
3.4.3 Phonetic properties and grammatical status......Page 64
3.5 Conclusion......Page 68
4.2 Morphological invisibility......Page 71
4.3 Interclausal agreement......Page 72
4.4 Finite control......Page 75
4.4.1 Finite control and hyper-raising......Page 82
4.4.2 Finite control, islands, and intervention effects......Page 87
4.5 The movement theory of control under the copy theory of movement......Page 91
4.5.1 Adjunct control and sideward movement......Page 95
4.5.1.1 Subject–object asymmetry in adjunct control......Page 102
4.5.1.2 Adjunct control and CED effects......Page 104
4.5.1.3 Finite adjunct control......Page 108
4.5.2 The movement theory of control and morphological restrictions on copies......Page 110
4.5.3.1 Backward control and PRO-based approaches to control......Page 114
4.5.3.2 Backward control and lower-copy pronunciation......Page 116
4.5.3.3 Empirical illustrations of backward control......Page 118
4.5.3.4 Wrapping up......Page 126
4.5.4 Phonetic realization of multiple copies and copy control......Page 127
5.2 Passives, obligatory control, and Visser’s generalization......Page 137
5.2.1 Relativizing A-movement......Page 139
5.2.2 Impersonal passives......Page 144
5.2.3 Finite control vs. hyper-raising......Page 148
5.3 Nominals and control......Page 153
5.3.1 Finite control into noun-complement clauses in Brazilian Portuguese......Page 154
5.3.2 Raising into nominals in Hebrew......Page 159
5.3.3 The contrast between raising nominals and control nominals in English......Page 161
5.4.1 Quirky case and the contrast between raising and control in Icelandic......Page 164
5.4.2.1 Icelandic......Page 172
5.4.2.2 Basque......Page 178
5.5 The minimal-distance principle, control shift, and the logic of minimality......Page 181
5.5.1 Control with promise-type verbs......Page 183
5.5.2 Control shift......Page 188
5.5.3 Summary......Page 193
5.6 Partial and split control......Page 194
5.6.1 Partial control......Page 195
5.6.2 Split control......Page 202
5.7 Conclusion......Page 206
6.1 Introduction......Page 207
6.2 Obligatory vs. non-obligatory control and economy computations......Page 208
6.3 Some problems......Page 214
6.4 A proposal......Page 216
6.5 Conclusion......Page 221
7.2 General problems with selectional approaches to obligatory control......Page 222
7.3 “Simpler syntax”......Page 228
7.3.1.1 Control by adjectival expressions......Page 229
7.3.1.2 (Apparent) lack of antecedent for PRO......Page 230
7.3.1.3 Apparent syntax–semantics mismatches......Page 232
7.3.2.1 Adjunct control......Page 238
7.3.2.2 The problem of the distribution of PRO......Page 241
7.3.2.3 Problems with C&J’s decompositional approach......Page 242
7.4 Conclusion......Page 249
8.1 Introduction......Page 250
8.2 Movement within minimalism and the movement theory of control......Page 251
8.3 The movement theory of control and the minimalist architecture of UG......Page 253
8.4 Inclusiveness, bare phrase structure, and the movement theory of control......Page 257
8.5 Conclusion......Page 260
References......Page 262
Index......Page 273