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In this paper, we examine the syntactic representation and processing characteristics of null subjects of inflected nonfinite clauses in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). After reviewing some literature on generativesyntax Control and discussing the peculiarities of BP diachrony, we present an eye-tracking experiment which proves that a control interpretation of null subjects of inflected nonfinite clauses is not only psychologically real in BP, but it is actually the preferred option in a task in which a strict comparison with arbitrary PRO is entertained. We then discuss the implications of the experiment to syntactic theory and the analysis of Control and speculate on the role of third factor explanations in the architecture of human language. Keywords: generative syntax; sentence processing; nonfinite control; inflected infinitives; Brazilian Portuguese; eye-tracking. Resumo: Este estudo examina a representacao sintatica e as caracteristicas de processamento de sujeitos nulos de oracoes infinitivas flexionadas em portugues brasileiro (PB). Apos revisao de parte da literatura atual sobre a Teoria do Controle e discussao das peculiaridades da diacronia do PB, o artigo apresenta um experimento envolvendo rastreamento ocular que comprova que a interpretacao controlada do sujeito da infinitiva flexionada e nao apenas real psicologicamente, mas tambem a opcao preferida numa tarefa em que se compara a leitura controlada a leitura arbitraria. Discute-se, entao, as implicacoes desse experimento com relacao a teoria sintatica e a Analise do Controle e especula-se sobre o papel de explicacoes com base no conceito de terceiro fator na arquitetura da linguagem humana. Palavras-chave: sintaxe gerativa; processamento de frases; controle nao finito; infinitivos flexionados; portugues brasileiro; rastreamento ocular.

Representation and Processing of the Inflected Infinitive in Brazilian Portuguese: an eye-tracking study