ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns control sentences, a type of sentence which sometimes looks very similar to raising sentences. A further distinctive feature of control sentences is that the infinitive can sometimes be preceded by the complementizer whether or a wh-phrase. The chapter looks at the basic data, paying particular attention to the ways in which control sentences differ from raising sentences even when they look similar. It presents the Principles and Parameters (P&P) approach to control sentences, highlighting the central role of the empty pronominal anaphor, PRO. An important fact about PRO is that its distribution is very limited. It only appears in subject position in certain non-finite clauses. The chapter considers how control sentences can be analysed within Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) and makes crucial use of a particular type of complex category. It also briefs some further data, including controlled adjuncts.
