Movement Theory of Control
Edited by Norbert Hornstein and Maria Polinsky
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 154] 2010. vii, 330 pp.
Norbert Hornstein
List of John Benjamins publications for which Norbert Hornstein plays a role.
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Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
2014 A program for the Minimalist Program Minimalism and Beyond: Radicalizing the interfaces, Kosta, Peter, Steven L. Franks, Teodora Radeva-Bork and Lilia Schürcks (eds.), pp. 9–34 | Article
The paper reviews current understandings of the Minimalist enterprise and defends one version thereof. Our main departure from the norm involves substituting ‘cognitive generality’ (viz. non-linguistic-parochialism) for ‘computational efficiency’ as a minimalist regulative ideal. We argue that the… read more
2010 Control as movement: Across languages and constructions Movement Theory of Control, Hornstein, Norbert and Maria Polinsky (eds.), pp. 1–42 | Article
2010 Obligatory control and local reflexives: Copies as vehicles for de se readings Movement Theory of Control, Hornstein, Norbert and Maria Polinsky (eds.), pp. 67–88 | Article
Why do locally bound reflexives (LBR) and obligatorily controlled PRO (OC-PRO) only have de se interpretations in the scope of verbs like ‘expect’ and ‘believe’, while other pronouns can but need not support such interpretations? We argue that occurrences of LBR and OC-PRO result from copying,… read more
2008 Copy-reflexive and copy-control constructions: A movement analysis Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2008, van Craenenbroeck, Jeroen (ed.), pp. 61–100 | Article
This paper discusses reflexive and control constructions in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec (Lee 2003) and Hmong (Mortensen 2003), where instead of a reflexive in the former and a null category in the latter, one may find a copy of the antecedent. The paper argues that these constructions provide… read more
2007 Pronouns in a Minimalist Setting The Copy Theory of Movement, Corver, Norbert and Jairo Nunes (eds.), pp. 351–385 | Chapter
This chapter examines the theoretical status of pronouns and principle B of the Binding Theory within the Minimalist Program, once it is assumed that reflexives should be formed by movement/copying. If reflexive structures are to be ultimately analyzed in terms of movement/copying, Principle A… read more