[HPSG-L] Is *remind* an object control verb
Tibor Kiss
tibor at linguistics.rub.de
Thu Aug 31 07:53:52 UTC 2017
> 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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> 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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