Movement Theory of Control and CP-infinitives in Polish
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Jacek Witkoś
Abstract
This chapter explores two aspects of control constructions in Polish: A-movement out of CP-infinitives and case transmission and case independence in control constructions with predicative adjectives. The availability of the option of A-movement out of CP-infinitives is credited to a minimal redefinition of the vP phase, whereby the complement domain of the CP dominated by v is accessible to external probing up to the point where thematic properties of v are saturated. The transmission and independence of case on predicative adjectives in control constructions are due to three empirically justified assumptions: (1) Instrumental on the predicative adjective is a default case, (2) an infinitive introduced by a lexical complementizer can optionally function as a phase and (3) only the T probe can be involved in multiple Agree.
Abstract
This chapter explores two aspects of control constructions in Polish: A-movement out of CP-infinitives and case transmission and case independence in control constructions with predicative adjectives. The availability of the option of A-movement out of CP-infinitives is credited to a minimal redefinition of the vP phase, whereby the complement domain of the CP dominated by v is accessible to external probing up to the point where thematic properties of v are saturated. The transmission and independence of case on predicative adjectives in control constructions are due to three empirically justified assumptions: (1) Instrumental on the predicative adjective is a default case, (2) an infinitive introduced by a lexical complementizer can optionally function as a phase and (3) only the T probe can be involved in multiple Agree.
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
