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A movement 4 Nov 5, 2012 – Day 28. Introduction to Syntax ANTH 3590/7590 Harry Howard Tulane University. Course management. http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/ANTH3590/ We need to spend our $150 from the Provost ’ s Undergraduate Activities Fund. A-MOVEMENT. Review of raising.
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A movement 4Nov 5, 2012 – Day 28 Introduction to Syntax ANTH 3590/7590 Harry Howard Tulane University
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
A-MOVEMENT ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane
Review of raising ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane
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
Summary of the differencesNote that control is ‘normal’ ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane
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
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
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
Examples ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane
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
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
EX 6.2 DERIVATIONS • On chalkboard. ANTH3590/7590, Harry Howard, Tulane
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