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

[Hanno Beck]

I am a native speaker of English who does not consider (1) "perfectly
acceptable in ordinary discourse or text."

(This is not to say that it wouldn't be possible to come up with a context
in which it sounds more ordinary.)

Hanno Beck
Dept. of Linguistics
The University at Buffalo




On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 3:53 AM, Tibor Kiss <tibor at linguistics.rub.de>
wrote:

>
> > 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
> > ________________________________________
> > From: HPSG-L [hpsg-l-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] on behalf of
> Tibor Kiss [tibor at linguistics.rub.de]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 3:22 AM
> > To: hpsg-l at listserv.linguistlist.org
> > 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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