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Linguistic Inquiry

Summer 2001, Vol. 32, No. 3, Pages 493-512
(doi: 10.1162/002438901750372531)
© 2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Control Is Not Movement
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Peter W. Culicover
Department of Linguistics, and Center for Cognitive Science, The Ohio State University, 222 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus,Ohio 43210-1205, culicover.1@osu.edu
Ray Jackendoff
Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, jackendoff@brandeis.edu
Abstract

We present arguments against Hornstein's recent movement theory of control. Such a theory can be sustained only if a restricted subset of the data is considered. We review additional data that show that the position of the controller is determined at least in part by semantic constraints. A semantic account captures the generalizations in a manner impossible for a syntactic account.