Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese

Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese

In this reply I examine Modesto’s (2011) claim that null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) are not controlled and are not derived by movement. I show that the critique has a considerable number of misconceptions, misunderstandings and misrepresentations that prevent a proper evaluation of moveme...

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Main Author: Jairo Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Subjects:
Movement Theory of Control (MTC)
finite control
hyper-raising
null subjects
Brazilian Portuguese
Online Access:https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/196
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spelling doaj-694d167e74894b61bedaf66a99c16c3b2021-09-02T04:45:33ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesJournal of Portuguese Linguistics2397-55632019-05-0118110.5334/jpl.196200Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian PortugueseJairo Nunes0Departamento de Linguística – FFLCH, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Luciano Gualberto, São PauloIn this reply I examine Modesto’s (2011) claim that null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) are not controlled and are not derived by movement. I show that the critique has a considerable number of misconceptions, misunderstandings and misrepresentations that prevent a proper evaluation of movement approaches to null subjects in BP. When the relevant points are rectified, we see that the technical problems are inexistent and the empirical coverage of the movement approach is even more comprehensive than initially thought.https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/196Movement Theory of Control (MTC)finite controlhyper-raisingnull subjectsBrazilian Portuguese
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Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Movement Theory of Control (MTC)
finite control
hyper-raising
null subjects
Brazilian Portuguese
author_facet Jairo Nunes
author_sort Jairo Nunes
title Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese
title_short Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese
title_full Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese
title_fullStr Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese
title_full_unstemmed Remarks on Finite Control and Hyper-Raising in Brazilian Portuguese
title_sort remarks on finite control and hyper-raising in brazilian portuguese
publisher Open Library of Humanities
series Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
issn 2397-5563
publishDate 2019-05-01
description In this reply I examine Modesto’s (2011) claim that null subjects in Brazilian Portuguese (BP) are not controlled and are not derived by movement. I show that the critique has a considerable number of misconceptions, misunderstandings and misrepresentations that prevent a proper evaluation of movement approaches to null subjects in BP. When the relevant points are rectified, we see that the technical problems are inexistent and the empirical coverage of the movement approach is even more comprehensive than initially thought.
topic Movement Theory of Control (MTC)
finite control
hyper-raising
null subjects
Brazilian Portuguese
url https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/196
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