Pragmatic Leads and Null Subjects: When Children Consult Leads and When They Do Not
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This result is unsurprising as object control is classified as a so-called ‘obligatory control’ construction in which the ec’s reference is restricted to a single, local, structurally higher antecedent (Williams 1980). Since it is grammatically regulated, pragmatics should not be able to affect its interpretation. If we take another sub-type of control, however, such as a controlled verbal gerund subject, adults’ responses are not so restricted. In (4), there is a strong bias to link the reference of the ec to the only sentence-internal referent mentioned, namely Peter, but the link is not mandatory, and it is
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