Open AccessClitics that Don't Climb
Author(s) -
Martina GračaninYuksek
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rasprave instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1849-0379
pISSN - 1331-6745
DOI - 10.31724/rihjj.45.2.9
Subject(s) - subject (documents) , object (grammar) , projection (relational algebra) , control (management) , linguistics , climb , computer science , mathematics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , algorithm , engineering , world wide web , aerospace engineering
In this article the behavior of clitics in subject- versus object-control infinitival constructions is explained by arguing that the two constructions have different structures. I argue that object-control infinitival constructions are CPs, and are therefore structurally richer than subject-control infinitival constructions, which are TPs and do not involve a CP projection. This results in different behavior of the clititcs in the two configurations.