Elements of Control

1: Introduction.- 1 The Fundamental Questions Of Control.- 2 A Typology Of Control.- 3 EC And PC (Chapter 2).- 3.1 Properties Of PC.- 3.2 The Theory In A Nutshell.- 4 OC and NOC (Chapter 3).- 4.1 Super-Equi.- 4.2 Anaphors And Logophors.- 5 Control And Predication (Chapter 4).- 6 Implicit Control and Control Shift (Chapter 5).- 6.1 Implicit Control.- 6.2 Control Shift.- 7 The Overall Picture and Open Issues.- 2: Exhaustive and Partial Control.- Introduction: Categories of Control.- 1 Some Immediate Corollaries of Partial Control.- 2 Basic Properties of Control.- 2.1 Criteria for OC and NOC.- 2.2 EC vs. NOC.- 3 Distinguishing PC from EC.- 3.1 Complement Types of EC and PC.- 3.2 Where PC and EC are Alike.- 3.3 Where PC and EC Differ: Syntactic vs. Semantic Plurality.- 3.3.1 Desiderative & Interrogative Complements.- 3.3.2 Factive Complements.- 3.3.3 Propositional Complements.- 3.4 Semantic vs. Syntactic Plurality.- 3.5 Excursion: Split Control.- 3.6 Intermediate Summary: The Typology of Control.- 4 PC-Complements as a Natural Class: The Role of Tense.- 5 An Analysis.- 5.1 Semantic Number and Contentful Tense: Assumptions.- 5.2 Agree with Agr (PC) or PRO (EC).- 5.3 On Agr in C.- 6 Varieties of EC: CP Complements and VP Complements.- 6.1 Implicatives: Null or Contentful Tense?.- 6.2 Implicative Complements Are CP’s.- 6.3 Restructuring with Desideratives.- 7 Some consequences and Problems.- 7.1 An Overt Relative: German Inclusive Man.- 7.2 A Puzzle: French se-Predicates.- 8 An Alternative Proposal: Martin (1996).- Summary.- 3: Obligatory and Non-Obligatory Control.- 1 Super-Equi: The Data.- 1.1 The Problem.- 1.2 Crosslinguistic Confirmation.- 2 An Analysis.- 3 Configurational Consequences.- 4 Some Problems and Solutions.- 4.1 Logophoric Extension / Inalienable Possession.- 4.2 Apparent OC in Intraposition.- 5 Deriving The Distribution of OC and NOC.- 5.1 OC and Agree.- 5.2 OC ? Condition A.- 5.3 NOC and Logophoricity.- Summary.- 4: Control and Predication.- 1 Adjectives and Infinitival Complements: The Puzzle.- 2 Semantic Selection and Clause-Typing.- 3 Argument-Modifier Asymmetries.- 4 Two Apparent Problems.- 4.1 No PROarb Under Psych-Adjectives.- 4.2 Eager vs. Easy.- 5 A Crosslinguistic Correlation.- 6 Consequences for the Theory of Control.- Summary.- 5: Implicit Control and Control Shift.- 155.- 1.1 Control by Implicit Datives.- 1.2 Challenges to Control by Implicit Datives.- 1.3 Implicit Dative Control in Purpose Clauses.- 2 Control by Implicit Agents.- 2.1 Visser’s Generalization.- 2.2 Contexts of Implicit Agent Control.- 2.2.1 Impersonal Passives.- 2.2.2 Adjuncts.- 2.3 Rationale Clauses: The ship was sunk to drive linguists nuts.- 3 Control Shift.- 3.1 The Data.- 3.2 Theories of Control Shift.- 3.2.1 “No Special Mechanism” Theories.- 3.2.1.1 Melvold (1985).- 3.2.1.2 Petter (1998).- 3.2.2 “Special Mechanism” Theories.- 3.2.2.1 Bresnan (1982).- 3.2.2.2 Farkas (1988).- 3.2.2.3 Sag & Pollard (1991).- 4 The Status of the MDP.- Summary.- References.