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Landau (2015): A Two-Tiered Theory of Control #

@cite{landau-2015} @cite{landau-2004} @cite{landau-2013}

MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-02885-1.

OC in complement clauses divides into two subtypes:

Key Definitions #

Core Claims #

  1. OC splits into predicative (nonattitude, EC) and logophoric (attitude, PC)
  2. Predicative control: predication only; logophoric: predication + variable binding
  3. [+Agr] blocks logophoric control but not predicative control (the OC-NC generalization, (70))
  4. Feature Transmission asymmetry: predication is NOT contingent on feature matching (60a); variable binding IS (60b)
  5. Six empirical contrasts systematically align with the predicative/logophoric divide (table (80)): inflected complements, [−human] PRO, implicit control, control shift, partial control, split control

The two tiers of obligatory control (table (119) of @cite{landau-2015}).

Predicative control (EC complements):

  • Selected by nonattitude predicates (implicative, aspectual, modal, evaluative)
  • PRO moves to Spec,Fin → control via syntactic predication
  • Forces exhaustive control (EC)
  • Complement head: transitive Fin_{[uD]}

Logophoric control (PC complements):

  • Selected by attitude predicates (factive, propositional, desiderative, interrogative)
  • C^OC projects a perspectival coordinate → control via predication + variable binding
  • Allows partial control (PC)
  • Complement head: transitive C^OC_{[uD]}
  • Associated with obligatory de se interpretation
  • predicative : ControlTier

    Predicative control: nonattitude, predication only

  • logophoric : ControlTier

    Logophoric control: attitude, predication + variable binding

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      Condition on syntactic predication ((90) in @cite{landau-2015}): "The argument predicated of must be syntactically represented."

      In predicative control, the controller must be syntactically present because predication is a syntactic relation requiring two syntactically represented terms (the referential argument and the predicate).

      In logophoric control, the AUTHOR/ADDRESSEE coordinate is discourse-anchored, not predication-dependent, so the controller may remain implicit.

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        [−human] PRO is compatible with predicative control but incompatible with logophoric control ((81) in @cite{landau-2015}).

        In predicative control, PRO is bound by a simple λ-operator; neither the binder nor the bindee carries any inherent semantic feature. In logophoric control, PRO is bound by pro_x/pro_y, which is mapped to the AUTHOR/ADDRESSEE function; since the latter is only defined for humans, the former will be too.

        This is the negation of isAttitude: only logophoric control (attitude contexts) imposes a humanness requirement.

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          Five properties of control are all unified by the logophoric tier. Partial control, obligatory de se, control shift, implicit control, and split control are all available under logophoric control and blocked under predicative control. This reflects the paper's central claim that these five properties derive from the same underlying mechanism: variable binding of a perspectival coordinate.

          Rather than defining five identical functions, we derive each as
          `isAttitude` and prove they agree. 
          

          Partial control is available only under logophoric control. Predicative control forces exhaustive control (EC). @cite{landau-2015} Ch 5, §5.1

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            Obligatory de se arises only under logophoric control. Predicative contexts are free of the de se entailment. @cite{landau-2015} §3.4

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              Control shift (from subject to object controller) is available only under logophoric control. Predicative control enters a biunique predication relation that no other DP can saturate. @cite{landau-2015} §4.3

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                Implicit control is the complement of requiring a syntactic controller. Derived from the condition on syntactic predication (90).

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                  Split control (two arguments jointly control PRO) is available only under logophoric control. @cite{landau-2015} Ch 5, §5.2

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                    Implicit control derives from condition (90): predicative control requires a syntactically present controller, so allowsImplicitControl is the negation of requiresSyntacticController.

                    [−human] PRO derives from the logophoric mechanism: allowsNonhumanPRO is the negation of isAttitude.

                    @cite{landau-2015}'s predicate classification by complement type.

                    (4) Predicates selecting untensed complements [−T] → nonattitude: (a) Implicative: avoid, dare, manage, remember, ... (b) Aspectual: begin, continue, finish, start, stop (c) Modal: have, is able, may, must, need, should (d) Evaluative: bold, crazy, kind, rude, silly, smart

                    (5) Predicates selecting tensed complements [+T] → attitude: (a) Factive: dislike, glad, hate, regret, sorry, ... (b) Propositional: affirm, believe, claim, declare, say, think (c) Desiderative: agree, choose, decide, hope, intend, want, ... (d) Interrogative: ask, guess, inquire, know, wonder

                    Under the TTC, (4) maps to predicative control and (5) to logophoric.

                    Note: (4d) evaluative predicates are adjectives, not verbs. No evaluative verbs exist in the English Fragment; this class is currently unreachable via derivedLandauClass.

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                        The Feature Transmission asymmetry ((60) in @cite{landau-2015}).

                        This is the single most important mechanism in the TTC. It is the reason why [+Agr] blocks logophoric control but not predicative control (the OC-NC generalization).

                        (60a) The formation of a predication relation is not contingent on feature matching between the subject and the predicate. (60b) The formation of a variable binding relation is contingent on feature matching between the binder and the pronominal variable.

                        The asymmetry is independently motivated: predication tolerates φ-feature mismatches (Icelandic quirky constructions, (63)), while variable binding requires φ-agreement between binder and bindee (@cite{heim-2008}, @cite{kratzer-2009}).

                        • predicationContingentOnFeatureMatch : Bool

                          (60a): Predication does NOT require feature matching.

                        • variableBindingContingentOnFeatureMatch : Bool

                          (60b): Variable binding DOES require feature matching.

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                          The empirically motivated Feature Transmission asymmetry.

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                            The OC-NC generalization ((70) in @cite{landau-2015}):

                            "[+Agr] blocks logophoric control but not predicative control."

                            This is now DERIVED from the Feature Transmission asymmetry (60):

                            • Predicative control uses predication → not contingent on feature matching (60a) → [+Agr] cannot block it
                            • Logophoric control uses variable binding → contingent on feature matching (60b) → [+Agr] preempts Feature Transmission → blocks it
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                              @cite{landau-2004}'s finiteness scale, as recast in @cite{landau-2015}.

                              The [±T] distinction is subsumed by the attitude/nonattitude distinction:

                              • C-subjunctives (untensed, [−T]) → nonattitude → predicative control
                              • F-subjunctives (tensed, [+T,−Agr]) → attitude → logophoric control
                              • Fully finite ([+T,+Agr]) → no control (OC-NC generalization)

                              F-subjunctives DO permit OC (logophoric). Whether OC is realized depends on [±Agr]: [+Agr] blocks logophoric control per the OC-NC generalization. Greek controlled subjunctives ([+T,−Agr]) show OC; Greek indicatives ([+T,+Agr]) do not.

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                                  Whether a clause class structurally permits OC.

                                  Both C-subjunctives and F-subjunctives permit OC. F-subjunctives permit logophoric OC when [−Agr]; this OC is blocked by [+Agr] per the OC-NC generalization. Fully finite clauses ([+T,+Agr]) never permit OC.

                                  See hasOCWithAgr for the Agr-sensitive version.

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                                    Whether OC is realized given Agr status.

                                    Composes the clause class with the OC-NC generalization:

                                    • C-subjunctives: always OC (predicative, Agr-independent)
                                    • F-subjunctives [−Agr]: OC (logophoric)
                                    • F-subjunctives [+Agr]: no OC (logophoric blocked by Agr)
                                    • Fully finite: no OC
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                                      The six empirical contrasts between the two types of control (table (80) in @cite{landau-2015}).

                                      Each contrast shows a property that aligns with exactly one control tier. The "✓" entries indicate the tier where the property is available; the "*" entries indicate the tier where it is blocked.

                                      PropertyPredicativeLogophoric
                                      Inflected complement*
                                      [−human] PRO*
                                      Implicit control*
                                      Control shift*
                                      Partial control*
                                      Split control*
                                      • name : String
                                      • predicative : Bool

                                        Available under predicative control?

                                      • logophoric : Bool

                                        Available under logophoric control?

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                                              The six contrasts from table (80), encoded as data.

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                                                EC verbs resist impersonal passives ((98) in @cite{landau-2015}).

                                                This is a direct consequence of (90): predicative control requires a syntactically present controller, and impersonal passives suppress the external argument. PC verbs allow impersonal passives because logophoric control does not require a syntactically present controller.

                                                Cross-linguistic evidence: Hebrew (99), German (96a, 100), Dutch (101), Russian (102).

                                                Cross-linguistic syncretism among BVA forms.

                                                Records whether each BVA context uses the same form as the referential (free) pronoun. "=" means syncretic with the referential pronoun; "×" means a distinct form is used.

                                                Used by @cite{ostrove-2026} (table 92) and grounded in the minimal pronoun approach of @cite{kratzer-2009} and @cite{safir-2014}.

                                                • language : String
                                                • reflexiveEqReferential : Bool

                                                  Is the reflexive form identical to the referential pronoun?

                                                • controlledEqReferential : Bool

                                                  Is the controlled subject form identical to the referential pronoun?

                                                • boundVarEqReferential : Bool

                                                  Is the bound variable pronoun identical to the referential pronoun?

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                                                        Derive syncretism from a vocabulary item inventory.

                                                        A context is syncretic with the referential pronoun iff its realized form equals the elsewhere (pronoun) form — i.e., no context-specific vocabulary item overrides the default.

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                                                          Types of copy control (@cite{polinsky-potsdam-2006}).

                                                          Copy control: the subject of a control clause is a phonologically overt copy of its controller. Four subtypes are distinguished by the nature of the copy and its distribution.

                                                          • fullCopy : CopyControlType

                                                            Full copy: PRO is a full DP copy of the controller. Attested in San Lucas Quievaní Zapotec, Copala Triqui.

                                                          • logophoricPronominal : CopyControlType

                                                            Logophoric pronominal: PRO is a pronoun, occurs only in attitude reports. Attested in Gengbe, Mandarin.

                                                          • scopeSensitivePronominal : CopyControlType

                                                            Scope-sensitive pronominal: PRO is a pronoun, triggered by scope-taking operators (focus). Attested in Italian, Hungarian, European Portuguese.

                                                          • obligatoryPronominal : CopyControlType

                                                            Obligatory pronominal: PRO is an overt clitic pronoun in all control contexts, showing the full OC signature. Attested in SMPM, Gã, Büli.

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                                                              Properties distinguishing copy control types.

                                                              • controlType : CopyControlType
                                                              • showsOC : Bool

                                                                Does the copy show the full OC signature (bound variable, exhaustive)?

                                                              • attitudeOnly : Bool

                                                                Is the copy restricted to attitude report contexts?

                                                              • requiresScopeOperator : Bool

                                                                Does the copy require a scope-taking operator (focus, only)?

                                                              • copyCanBearFocus : Bool

                                                                Can the copy bear focus?

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                                                                    Profile for each copy control type.

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                                                                      Exempt anaphors (@cite{pollard-sag-1992}): reflexive forms used outside their canonical binding domain (Condition A domain).

                                                                      Key constraint: exempt anaphors cannot have quantified antecedents.

                                                                      • hasExemptAnaphors : Bool

                                                                        Exempt anaphors available in this language

                                                                      • allowsQuantifiedAntecedent : Bool

                                                                        Can exempt anaphors have quantified antecedents?

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                                                                            The two analyses of obligatory control derivation.

                                                                            • baseGeneration : ControlDerivation

                                                                              Controller base-generated in matrix; PRO base-generated in embedded clause. Two distinct syntactic positions, linked by variable binding.

                                                                            • movement : ControlDerivation

                                                                              Controller enters derivation in embedded subject position and moves to matrix position. One DP, two copies.

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                                                                                The two logophoric readings of OC PRO under attitude predicates (table (36) in @cite{landau-2015}).

                                                                                Under logophoric control, PRO is bound by a projected coordinate of the embedded context of evaluation. Which coordinate is projected depends on the object control verb subclass:

                                                                                • Psychological verbs (convince, persuade, tempt) project the AUTHOR coordinate → obligatory de se
                                                                                • Communicative verbs (tell, ask, recommend) project the ADDRESSEE coordinate → obligatory de te
                                                                                • deSe : DeSeReading

                                                                                  PRO = AUTHOR(i'): attitude holder's identification of self

                                                                                • deTe : DeSeReading

                                                                                  PRO = ADDRESSEE(i'): attitude holder's identification of addressee

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                                                                                    Object control verb subclasses (table (36)).

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                                                                                        Derive @cite{landau-2015}'s predicate class from VerbCore fields.

                                                                                        This creates a bridge from Fragment verb entries to the TTC by deriving the predicate classification from existing semantic fields rather than storing it independently.

                                                                                        Returns none when the classification cannot be determined from the available fields (e.g., try has no implicativeBuilder, attitudeBuilder, or cosType).

                                                                                        Mapping:

                                                                                        • cosType present → .aspectual (begin, stop, continue, ...)
                                                                                        • implicativeBuilder present → .implicative (manage, fail, ...)
                                                                                        • causativeBuilder present → .implicative (force, cause — implicative causatives in Landau's (4a))
                                                                                        • factivePresup and attitude → .factive (regret, know, ...)
                                                                                        • attitudeBuilder.doxastic.propositional (believe, think, ...)
                                                                                        • attitudeBuilder.preferential.desiderative (want, hope, ...)
                                                                                        • takesQuestionBase without attitude → .interrogative (wonder, ask)
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                                                                                          Derive control tier from VerbCore fields.

                                                                                          A verb induces logophoric control iff it selects an attitude complement — detected by the presence of attitudeBuilder, factivePresup, or takesQuestionBase. Otherwise it induces predicative control.

                                                                                          Returns none for verbs that are not control verbs.

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                                                                                            "promise" (preferential attitude) → desiderative → logophoric. Previously unclassified; fixed by adding attitudeBuilder to the Fragment entry per @cite{landau-2015} (5c).

                                                                                            "persuade" (preferential attitude, object control) → desiderative → logophoric. Previously unclassified; fixed by adding attitudeBuilder per @cite{landau-2015} table (36).

                                                                                            "try" has no cosType, implicativeBuilder, causativeBuilder, factivePresup, takesQuestionBase, or attitudeBuilder. It cannot be classified by derivedLandauClass. This is correct: "try" is not implicative (trying doesn't entail succeeding) and not clearly attitudinal.

                                                                                            Map @cite{noonan-2007}'s CTP classes to @cite{landau-2015}'s control tiers.

                                                                                            Noonan's twelve CTP classes partition into nonattitude (predicative) and attitude (logophoric) under the TTC:

                                                                                            Predicative (nonattitude):

                                                                                            • modal, phasal, achievement, negative → Landau's (4a-d)

                                                                                            Logophoric (attitude):

                                                                                            • utterance, propAttitude, commentative, knowledge, desiderative, manipulative → Landau's (5a-d)

                                                                                            Remaining:

                                                                                            • pretence: ambiguous (often nonattitude in control contexts)
                                                                                            • perception: typically does not take controlled complements
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                                                                                              Map @cite{noonan-2007}'s CTP classes to @cite{landau-2015}'s predicate classes (where the mapping is unambiguous).

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