REVIEWING MINIMALIST THEORIES OF CONTROL AND A BRIEF LOOK AT ROMANIAN CONTROL

Authors

  • Mihaela BUZEC Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: mihaela.buzec@ubbcluj.ro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2021.2.14

Keywords:

control theories, minimalist program, Romanian control, Agree Model of Control, Movement Theory of Control

Abstract

Reviewing Minimalist Theories of Control and a Brief Look at Romanian Control. The phenomenon of control is a long-discussed topic within the enterprise of generative grammar. Multiple theories were composed and dismissed along with the advancement of the module, and with the development of the Minimalist program, more recent theories on control came to surface. The present article provides a review of two minimalist theories of control: the Movement Theory of Control and the Agree Model of Obligatory Control. A synopsis of one applied model of the MTC on Romanian data is also part of the paper, as is a brief commentary on the structure of Romanian control, namely an exploration of the tension between subjunctive and infinitive control complements.

REZUMAT. O recenzie a teoriilor minimaliste de control și un comentariu succint asupra fenomenului de control în limba română. În cadrul școlii gramaticii generative, fenomenul controlului este un subiect foarte dezbătut. Diverse teorii au fost compuse dar și respinse pe măsură ce modulul generativ a avansat, iar dezvoltarea programului minimalist a dus la apartiția unor teorii noi, recente. Articolul de față prezintă o recenzie a două teorii minimaliste ale controlului: Movement Theory of Control (teoria controlului ca deplasare) și Agree Model of Obligatory Control (modelul controlului bazat pe acord). O parte secundară a lucrării de față o reprezintă un sinopsis al modelului de analiză al MTC adaptat și aplicat pe structuri din limba română. La acest rezumat se adaugă un comentariu succinct asupra structurii gramaticale a controlului în limba română, concentrat asupra tensiunii dintre conjunctiv și infinitiv în structurile de control.

Cuvinte-cheie. teorii de control, programul minimalist, fenomenul de control în limba română, controlul ca acord, controlul ca deplasare

Author Biography

Mihaela BUZEC, Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: mihaela.buzec@ubbcluj.ro

Mihaela BUZEC is a PhD student at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her main field of study is generative grammar. Buzec researches the linguistic behaviour of aphasiacs and possible correlations with the faculty of language. She has previously published articles and presented papers on Old English onomastics and kennings, linguistic relativity, and the development of hashtags in computer-mediated communication. Email: mihaela.buzec@ubbcluj.ro

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2021-06-20

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BUZEC, M. (2021). REVIEWING MINIMALIST THEORIES OF CONTROL AND A BRIEF LOOK AT ROMANIAN CONTROL. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia, 66(2), 201–214. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2021.2.14

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