Transcript Raising - Tulane University

A movement 4
Nov 5, 2012 – Day 28
Introduction to Syntax
ANTH 3590/7590
Harry Howard
Tulane University
COURSE MANAGEMENT
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http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/ANTH3590/
 We need to spend our $150 from the Provost’s
Undergraduate Activities Fund.
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A-MOVEMENT
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REVIEW OF RAISING
Control vs. raising predicates
Note that control is ‘normal’
Don’t these two sentences look similar?
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72b) He does want to scare them.
72a) He does seem to scare them.
Four ways in which they are different.
1.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
2.Subject idioms:
85a) ??Whenever they meet, all hell wants to break loose.
85a) Whenever they meet, all hell seems to break loose.
3.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.
4.Restrictions on subject:
88) My {cat/!gesture} wants to be appreciated.
89) My {cat/gesture} seems to be appreciated.
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Summary of the differences
Note that control is ‘normal’
Expletive there
subject
*
ok
Subject idiom
*
ok
Synonymy under
long-distance
passivization
*
ok
yes
no
Restrictions on
subject
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Raising
(seem, be likely)
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Control
(want, be keen)
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EXPLANATION
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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.
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CP
CONTROL VERB WANT (78)
TP
C
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PRN
he
T’
T
does
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VP
V assigns EXPERIENCER to its specifier
PRN
----he
V'
V assigns THEME to its CP complement
V
want
CP
C
ø
TP
T’
PRN
PRO
T
to
VP
V assigns AGENT to its specifier
PRN
----PRO
V' V assigns THEME to its
complement
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V
scare
PRN
them
RAISING VERB SEEM (73)
CP
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ø
TP
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PRN
he
T’
T
does
VP
V assigns THEME to its TP complement?
V
seem
TP
T’
PRN
----he
T
to
VP
V assigns AGENT to its specifier
PRN
----he
V'
V
scare
V assigns THEME to its complement
PRN
them
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EXAMPLES
EX. 6.1: RAISING VS. CONTROL
VERBS
3.
4.
5.
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10.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
raising
control
raising
raising
raising
control
control
raising
control
raising
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tend to
decide to
come to
have to
fail to
try to
refuse to
begin to
attempt to
happen to
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EX. 6.1: RAISING VS. CONTROL
VERBS
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20.
11.
12.
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14.
15.
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17.
18.
19.
20.
raising
raising
raising?
control, raising?
control, raising?
control
control, raising?
control
control
control
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going to
bound to
looks to
needs to
manage to
intend to
threaten to
hope to
choose to
plan to
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EX 6.2 DERIVATIONS
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On chalkboard.
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