: Lisa A. Reed
: Strengthening the PRO Hypothesis
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9781614510413
: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]ISSN
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Generative theory has long sought to capture the syntax of Control, questioning whether the complement clause contains a syntactically projected thematic subject, whether such an argument undergoes displacement and, if so, where and why, and what role semantics may play. This book continues in this tradition, critically examining paradigms erroneously assumed to favor PRO analyses over Movement and implicit argument accounts. It offers novel data amenable to analysis only within a PRO approach - but one radically different from its predecessors in form and interpretation.



< >Lisa A. Reed, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Acknowledgments7
Contents9
Chapter 1. Overview11
Chapter 2. On the historical development of PRO approaches to Control16
Chapter 3. Movement and implicit argument approaches to Control154
Chapter 4. A critical look at some standard arguments in favor of PRO225
Chapter 5. Remotivating a PRO approach to Control250
Chapter 6. The syntax of Control266
Chapter 7. On the reference of PRO303
Chapter 8. On an unexpected gap in the distribution of PRO335
Chapter 9. Conclusions363
Bibliography381
Index390