Visser’s Generalization: The Syntax of Control and the Passive
This squib presents an argument for an agreement-based model of control (Borer 1989, Landau 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008), drawn from a crosslinguistic generalization about control in passives. Specifically, I show that obligatory control by the thematic subject of a passive is sensitive to a purely synta...
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| author | van Urk, Coppe Gerrit |
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| description | This squib presents an argument for an agreement-based model of control (Borer 1989, Landau 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008), drawn from a crosslinguistic generalization about control in passives. Specifically, I show that obligatory control by the thematic subject of a passive is sensitive to a purely syntactic restriction: it is only possible if T does not agree with an overt DP. This restriction follows from the logic of an agreement-based approach, if implicit arguments participate in Agree relations (Landau 2010, Legate 2010). This generalization subsumes and derives an old observation about control, Visser’s Generalization ( Jenkins 1972, Bresnan 1982). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/786722022-10-02T07:15:13Z Visser’s Generalization: The Syntax of Control and the Passive van Urk, Coppe Gerrit Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy van Urk, Coppe Gerrit This squib presents an argument for an agreement-based model of control (Borer 1989, Landau 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008), drawn from a crosslinguistic generalization about control in passives. Specifically, I show that obligatory control by the thematic subject of a passive is sensitive to a purely syntactic restriction: it is only possible if T does not agree with an overt DP. This restriction follows from the logic of an agreement-based approach, if implicit arguments participate in Agree relations (Landau 2010, Legate 2010). This generalization subsumes and derives an old observation about control, Visser’s Generalization ( Jenkins 1972, Bresnan 1982). 2013-05-02T15:56:02Z 2013-05-02T15:56:02Z 2013-01 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0024-3892 1530-9150 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78672 Van Urk, Coppe Gerrit. “Visser’s Generalization: The Syntax of Control and the Passive.” Linguistic Inquiry 44.1 (2013): 168–178. ©2013 The MIT Press https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5564-6317 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/LING_a_00124 Linguistic Inquiry Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf MIT Press MIT Press |
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| title | Visser’s Generalization: The Syntax of Control and the Passive |
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| title_short | Visser’s Generalization: The Syntax of Control and the Passive |
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