This paper examines the arguments presented in Modesto (2009, 2018) and Sheehan (2013, 2018) in favor of the idea that inflected infinitival complements of desideratives, commissives, and object control verbs such as persuadir ‘persuade’ in Portuguese can be obligatorily controlled. It argues… read more
Szabolcsi (2009) shows that there are languages where control and raising infinitives have overt subjects, in compliance with (1): (1) a. The overt subjects of control complements can only be pronouns. b. The overt subjects of raising complements can be pronouns or lexical DPs. … read more
This paper examines a particular case of variable syncretism in the Minho region in Portugal, involving the 1st person singular (1sg) and 3rd person singular (3sg) forms of “strong” preterits of the verbs estar ‘be-stative’, ter ‘have’, fazer ‘do’ and ser /ir ‘be’/‘go’. These forms can be levelled,… read more
In European Portuguese, clitic pronouns can be attached to the highest verb in certain verbal clusters, a process known as clitic climbing (CC). According to some authors (Magro, 2005), CC is more productive in the Northern varieties of European Portuguese. In this chapter, we present and discuss… read more