A Syntactic Representation of Control without a Subject

The aim of this paper is to develop a representation of control that does not require a

PRO-subject. I first analyse obligatory control using a de-compositional analysis of theta-roles,

according to which theta-roles are divided into two selectional requirements. The

resulting theory makes the same predictions as one based on PRO, yet avoids

dependence on this ill-defined empty category. I then concentrate on Icelandic,

tackling agreement phenomena in infinitival clauses. Again no PRO is necessary to

answer for the data, which receive a uniform account using the mechanism outlined in

the first half of the paper.