Promise and the Theory of Control

The verb promise diverges from other superficially similar predicates such as persuade & force in showing subject control & not the (far more common) pattern of object control. It is argued here that subject control with promise derives from its status as a dative verb, & from a resultin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Linguistic inquiry 1991-01, Vol.22 (1), p.103-139
1. Verfasser:	Larson, Richard K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anaphora Complementation Control theory Entailment Infinitives Interrogatives Linguistic complements Linguistics Sports cars Verbs
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