[HPSG-L] Is *remind* an object control verb

[Tibor Kiss]

> Am 31.08.2017 um 06:55 schrieb Pollard, Carl <pollard.4 at osu.edu>:
> 
Hi,

although this is kind of implicit in Emily’s answer: Do native speakers of English agree that (1) is perfectly acceptable in ordinary discourse or text?

(1) Please remind me to remind me, you know, I’m kind of absent-minded. 

Best

T.



> Hi Tibor,
> 
> How rare: a straightforward question with a straightforward answer. Yes, remind is an
> object control verb. (Not all song lyrics are natural language.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Carl
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> Subject: [HPSG-L] Is *remind* an object control verb
> 
> Dear native speakers of English on this list,
> 
> I would like to know whether *remind*, when used with a non-finite complement, should be analysed as a object control verb.
> 
> OALD assumes (implicitly, by paraphrase) that *remind*, when used with an infinitive, is an object control verb (INFLUENCE-type in PS 1994):
> 
> (1) remind someone_i [PRO_i to do something]
> 
> I am keen to know whether *remind*+infinitive could be used as a non-control-verb.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> T.
> 
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