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Introduction

Steps towards the minimalist program

The structure of the English clause

 

That clauses

Syntactic properties of that clauses

The sequence of tenses

Lexically governed properties of that complements

The subjunctive in that complements

The distribution of that complements

 

Infinitive clauses

General properties of infinitive complements

Control theory and the identification of PRO

The Nominative + Infinitive construction and the Accusative + Infinitive construction

The distribution of the Nominative + Infinitive and of the Accusative + Infinitive

The distribution of control constructions: for-to and PRO-to

Small clauses and participial constructions

 

Gerund Clauses

General properties of gerunds, participles, verbal nouns

The distribution of gerund complements

Bibliography

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