Many proposals on restructuring suggest that restructuring phenomena are only observed when a control predicate takes as a complement a functional projection smaller than a clause. In this paper, I present novel Mandarin data against recent proposals that restructuring control predicates cannot take clausal complements and the related generalization that clausal complements always block restructuring phenomena. An alternative account of the Mandarin data is presented. The data also bear on the question of whether a finiteness distinction exists in Chinese. In particular, they provide clearer evidence that control predicates can take clausal complements that differ syntactically from those of non-control attitude predicates. This difference parallels the cross-linguistic correlation between control predicates and non-finite clausal complements and lends new support for the claim that Chinese makes a finiteness distinction.

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普通话中的控制补语：对结构重组和汉语有限性辩论的启示

有关重组的许多建议表明，仅当控制谓词使用小于子句的功能投影作为补充时，才会观察到重组现象。在本文中，我提出了新颖的普通话数据，以反对最近提出的重组控制谓词不能采用从句补语的提议，而从句补语始终会阻碍重组现象的相关概括。提供了普通话数据的替代说明。数据还涉及中文是否存在有限性区分的问题。特别是，它们提供了更明确的证据，即控制谓词可以采用句法补语，其语法与非控制态度谓词的句法补语不同。