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Not all obligatory control is movement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2020

FYODOR BAYKOV Open the ORCID record for FYODOR BAYKOV [Opens in a new window]  and
PAVEL RUDNEV Open the ORCID record for PAVEL RUDNEV [Opens in a new window]
FYODOR BAYKOV*
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics
PAVEL RUDNEV
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics
*
Authors’ addresses: National Research University Higher School of Economics, Faculty of Humanities, Staraya Basmannaya Ulitsa 21/4, Moscow, Russiabaykov3105@mail.rupasha.rudnev@gmail.com
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Abstract

This squib presents two challenges for the analysis of promise-type verbs within the Movement Theory of Control. We show that the objects of these verbs in Russian are not prepositional and are incorrectly predicted to be legitimate controllers. We also argue against analysing oblique control as movement.

Keywords

obligatory controlmovementRussian
Type
SQUIB
Information
Journal of Linguistics , Volume 56 , Issue 4 , November 2020 , pp. 893 - 906
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Our thanks to Alexander Letuchiy, Serge Minor and Anna Volkova for discussion and to the editors and anonymous reviewers of this journal for their comments and suggestions. The present study was implemented within the framework of the Basic Research Programme at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) in 2020.

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