Finite control: Where movement goes wrong in Brazilian Portuguese
The aim of the present article is to deconstruct a specific line of argumentation used by Boeckx, Hornstein, and Nunes (2010) to support what is usually called the movement theory of control. Such line of argumentation involves the assumption that null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese are “controlle...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Portuguese Linguistics |
| Online Access: | http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/95 |