Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

I. Introduction.- 1. Two Theoretical Frameworks.- 1.1. Government-Binding Theory.- 1.1.1. The Subtheories of GB.- 1.1.2. Passive in GB.- 1.2. ?-Theory.- 1.2.1. Argument Assignment.- 1.2.2. ?-Binding.- 1.2.3. The ?-Theory of Passive and Raising.- 1.2.4. The ?-Criterion and the Projection Principle.- 2. Purpose Constructions.- 2.1. Syntax.- 2.1.1. External Syntax.- 2.1.2. Internal Syntax.- 2.2. Semantics.- 2.2.1. Quantification.- 2.2.2. Control.- 2.3. ?-Theory and the Organization of the Grammar.- II. External Syntax.- 1. Distinguishing Purpose Clauses.- 1.1. Obligatory and Nonobligatory Control.- 1.1.1. Williams (1980) and Control.- 1.1.2 PC, IOC, and Control.- 1.1.3. The Thematic Nature of the PC Controller.- 1.2. Unexpected PC Properties.- 1.2.1. Prepositional Phrase Control of OPC.- 1.2.2. SPC and Intransitives.- 1.3. Purpose Clauses and Infmitival Relatives.- 2.Adjunction of IOC and PC.- 2.1. IOC and PC Distributions.- 2.2. IOC, PC, and Recursion.- 2.3. Syntactic Tests.- 2.3.1. Preposing.- 2.3.2. Negation.- 2.3.3. Pseudoclefts.- 2.3.4. Relative Order of IOC and PC.- 2.3.5. VP-Deletion.- 2.3.6. Conjunction.- 3. Purpose Clauses as Adjuncts.- 3.1. The Argument/Adjunct Distinction.- 3.1.1. Semantic Optionality.- 3.1.2. Syntactic Optionality.- 3.1.3. Iterability and Constrained Adjuncts.- 3.2. PC and the Lexicon.- 4. Wh-Extraction.- III. Internal Syntax.- 1. Inside In Order Clauses.- 2. Inside Subject-Gap Purpose Clauses.- 2.1. SPC as VP.- 2.2. Consequences of the VP Analysis of SPC.- 3. Inside Object-Gap Purpose Clauses.- 3.1. The Standard Analysis of OPC.- 3.2. OPC as VP.- 3.2.1. Suppression of the External ?-Role.- 3.2.2. External Projection of Internal ?-Roles.- 3.3. Consequences of the VP Analysis of OPC.- 3.3.1. The SPC Tests.- 3.3.2. Lexical Material in Comp.- 3.33. NP Within NP.- 3.3.4. Parasitic Gaps Within Syntactic Subjects.- 3.3.5. Weak Crossover.- 3.3.6. Long Distance Gaps.- 3.3.7. Parasitic Gaps.- 4. The PP 'Subject' of OPC.- 5. PC and Be.- IV. Easy-Clauses.- 1. Easy-S'.- 2. Easy-Clause = OPC.- 2.1. The VP Tests Revisited.- 2.2. The 'Subject' of EC.- 3. The New Tough Movement.- 3.1. Tough Problems With ?-Marking.- 3.2. Tough Reanalysis.- 3.2.1. Tough Reanalysis and Complex Adjectives.- 3.2.2. Tough Extractions.- 4. Related Constructions.- 4.1. Pretty to Look Ar. Object Deletion.- 4.2. Too/Enough Complements.- 4.3. An Easy Pan to Fry Eggs In: Mixed Relatives.- 4.4. A Fool to Love Mary.- V. Quantification.- 1. Quantification and Predication.- 2. Quantifying PRO arb.- 2.1. Epstein (1984) and PROarb.- 2.2. Lebeaux (1984) and PROarb.- 3. Control via Empty Operators.- 3.1. Generalized Quantificational Control.- 3.1.1. PRO as Anaphor _.- 3.1.2. Empty Operator as ?-Anaphor.- 3.1.3. Clark (1990) and Control.- 3.2. PC, EC, and Quantificational Control.- 3.2.1. The Implicit Argument Quantifier.- 3.2.2. Adverbs of Quantification.- 3.3. Licensing Conditions on Empty Operators.- 4. Conclusion.- VI. Control.- 1. A Semantics for Control.- 1.1 ?-Roles and Control.- 1.2 Augmentation of an Argument Structure.- 2. What is a ?-Role?.- 2.1. With Respect to a Predicate.- 2.2. Beyond the Predicate.- 3. Control of Purpose Clauses.- 3.1. Purpose Clauses.- 3.2. Control of Posessor-PP and Easy-Clauses.- 3.2.1. Possessor-PP.- 3.2.2. Easy-Clauses.- 4. Generalized Control.- 4.1. Farkas (1988) and Complement Control.- 4.1.1. Controller Choice.- 4.1.2. Thematic Matching.- 4.2. Thematic Matching in the Grammar.- 5. Obligatory Control and the Argument/Adjunct Distinction.- VII. Conclusion.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.