How is the (in)-dependence (or finiteness) of a clause identified in a language that has no tense, case, or agreement morphology, such as Chinese? This paper investigates the control verb construction and the generic sentential subject construction, bringing to light the special forms and interpretations of the subjects of the dependent clauses in the constructions. The special properties are not found in the subjects of independent clauses. Therefore, contrasts between dependent and independent clauses are attestable in the language. The paper also proposes a derived predication analysis of the interpretation patterns of embedded empty subjects of the language.

中文翻译：

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以主题形式识别中文从句

如何用没有时态，大小写或约定形态的语言（例如中文）来标识子句的（在）依赖性（或有限性）？本文研究了控制动词的构造和一般句子主语的构造，揭示了从句中从句的主语的特殊形式和解释。在独立子句的主题中找不到特殊属性。因此，从句和独立从句之间的对比在该语言中是可证明的。本文还提出了对嵌入式语言空白主题的解释模式的派生谓词分析。