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Understanding Control and Raising Verbs in Syntax: ANTH 3590/7590 Overview

This resource overview introduces the essential concepts of control and raising predicates in syntax, as discussed in Tulane University's ANTH 3590/7590 course led by Harry Howard. It contrasts control verbs, which assign theta roles, with raising verbs, which do not. The discussion includes examples illustrating the grammatical differences, focusing on subject idioms and restrictions. This essential guide will enhance comprehension of syntactic theory, crucial for linguistic studies.

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Understanding Control and Raising Verbs in Syntax: ANTH 3590/7590 Overview

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  1. A movement 4Nov 5, 2012 – Day 28 Introduction to Syntax ANTH 3590/7590 Harry Howard Tulane University

  2. Course management • http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/ANTH3590/ • We need to spend our $150 from the Provost’s Undergraduate Activities Fund. ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  3. A-MOVEMENT ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  4. Review of raising ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  5. Control vs. raising predicatesNote that control is ‘normal’ • Don’t these two sentences look similar? 72b) He does want to scare them. 72a) He does seem to scare them. • Four ways in which they are different. • Expletive there subjects: 84b) *There wanted to remain several unsolved mysteries. 84b) There seem to remain several unsolved mysteries. cf other examples (54-7) p. 223 • Subject idioms: 85a) ??Whenever they meet, all hell wants to break loose. 85a) Whenever they meet, all hell seems to break loose. • Synonymy under long-distance passivization: 87b) Mary wants to be helped by John. 87a) ≉ John wants to help Mary. 86b) Mary seems to have been helped by John. 86a) ≈ John seems to have helped Mary. • Restrictions on subject: 88) My {cat/!gesture} wants to be appreciated. 89) My {cat/gesture} seems to be appreciated. ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  6. Summary of the differencesNote that control is ‘normal’ ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  7. EXPLANATION • A control predicate like want assigns EXPERIENCER to its specifier/external argument and THEME to its complement/internal argument. If clausal, the complement is CP. • A raising predicate like seem assigns no theta role to its specifier/external argument and takes a TP complement/internal argument. ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  8. Control verb want (78) CP TP C ø T’ T does VP PRN he V' V want CP PRN PRO ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane PRN he C ø TP V assigns AGENT to its specifier V assigns EXPERIENCER to its specifier V assigns THEME to its complement T’ V assigns THEME to its CP complement ----- T to VP ----- PRN PRO V' V scare PRN them

  9. Raising verb seem (73) CP C ø TP T’ T does VP V seem TP PRN he ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane PRN he V assigns AGENT to its specifier T’ V assigns THEME to its complement V assigns THEME to its TP complement? T to VP ----- PRN he V' ----- V scare PRN them

  10. Examples ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  11. EX. 6.1: RAISING VS. CONTROL VERBS • tend to • decide to • come to • have to • fail to • try to • refuse to • begin to • attempt to • happen to • raising • control • raising • raising • raising • control • control • raising • control • raising ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  12. EX. 6.1: RAISING VS. CONTROL VERBS • going to • bound to • looks to • needs to • manage to • intend to • threaten to • hope to • choose to • plan to • raising • raising • raising? • control, raising? • control, raising? • control • control, raising? • control • control • control ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  13. EX 6.2 DERIVATIONS • On chalkboard. ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane

  14. NEXT TIME ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane §7

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