CLITICS THAT DON'T CLIMB

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GRACANIN YÜKSEK M.

RASPRAVE, vol.45, no.2, pp.401-416, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.31724/rihjj.45.2.9
  • Journal Name: RASPRAVE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.401-416
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this article the behavior of clitics in subject- versus object-control infinitival constructions is explained by arguing that the two constructions have different structures. I argue that object-control infinitival constructions arc CPs, and are therefore structurally richer than subject-control infinitival constructions, which are TPs and do not involve a CP projection. This results in different behavior of the clititcs in the two configurations.