Towards a typology of control in DP
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Ivy Sichel
Abstract
The chapter argues that the typology of control in DPs is as rich as it is in clauses, and identifies clear cases of Obligatory Control (OC) and Nonobligatory Control (NOC) in DP. Once implicit arguments in nominalizations are taken into account, the control pattern in nominalizations of subject control clauses turns out to fall, uniformly, on the side of OC. Agentless control nominalizations are claimed to involve local control by an implicit agent, supported by the interpretive OC properties associated with the infinitive subject. NOC is also attested, with nominalizations of predicates which in clauses are associated with NOC. The chapter also argues that adjunct control, of the sort familiar from clauses, does not exist, and that NOC is always logophoric control. The existence of both patterns, OC and NOC, provides a new testing ground for the factors determining the typology in clauses and the effect of nominalization on control.
Abstract
The chapter argues that the typology of control in DPs is as rich as it is in clauses, and identifies clear cases of Obligatory Control (OC) and Nonobligatory Control (NOC) in DP. Once implicit arguments in nominalizations are taken into account, the control pattern in nominalizations of subject control clauses turns out to fall, uniformly, on the side of OC. Agentless control nominalizations are claimed to involve local control by an implicit agent, supported by the interpretive OC properties associated with the infinitive subject. NOC is also attested, with nominalizations of predicates which in clauses are associated with NOC. The chapter also argues that adjunct control, of the sort familiar from clauses, does not exist, and that NOC is always logophoric control. The existence of both patterns, OC and NOC, provides a new testing ground for the factors determining the typology in clauses and the effect of nominalization on control.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Control as movement 1
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Part I. Expanding the movement analysis of control
- Movement Theory of Control and CP-infinitives in Polish 45
- Obligatory control and local reflexives 67
- No objections to Backward Control 89
- Possessor raising through thematic positions 119
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Part II. Unexplored control phenomena
- Clitic climbing in archaic Chinese 149
- Framing the syntax of control in Japanese (and English) 183
- Split control and the Principle of Minimal Distance 211
- Towards a typology of control in DP 245
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Part III. Beyond control
- The argument structure of evaluative adjectives 269
- Object control in Korean 299
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Control as movement 1
-
Part I. Expanding the movement analysis of control
- Movement Theory of Control and CP-infinitives in Polish 45
- Obligatory control and local reflexives 67
- No objections to Backward Control 89
- Possessor raising through thematic positions 119
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Part II. Unexplored control phenomena
- Clitic climbing in archaic Chinese 149
- Framing the syntax of control in Japanese (and English) 183
- Split control and the Principle of Minimal Distance 211
- Towards a typology of control in DP 245
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Part III. Beyond control
- The argument structure of evaluative adjectives 269
- Object control in Korean 299
