Against control by implicit passive agents

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Abstract

Landau (2010, 2013) and van Urk (2011, 2013) argue that the understood agent of a passive verb is syntactically projected as a weak implicit argument. As such, it participates actively in Agree and predication, the mechanisms they assume are responsible for antecedent determination in control structures. This article examines French data involving control and passivization and proposes an alternative explanation for the facts, one that makes the diametrically opposed assumptions that the implicit agent of a passive verb is syntactically unprojected and that the reference of PRO is determined post-syntactically.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationRomance Languages and Linguistic Theory 14. Selected papers from the 46th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Stony Brook, NY
EditorsLori Repetti, Francisco Ordonez
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages279-292
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9789027263896
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameRomance Languages and Linguistic Theory
Volume14
ISSN (Print)1574-552X

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Language and Linguistics

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