Linguistics 111							Spring 2012
Assignment 13:	For-to clauses				 Due Monday, May 21

1.  Consider the examples:

(1)   For Harvey to eat the goldfish would be a mistake.

(2)   I would hate for Harvey to eat the goldfish.

(3)   It would be a mistake for Harvey to eat the goldfish.

(4)   I would not like for there to be a misunderstanding about this.

(5)   It would be weird for Harvey to be elected treasurer.

(6)   My longing for the old times to return is unbearable.

(7)   I would hate for you to have been waiting all this time.

(8)   For his grammar to be criticised unfairly is depressing for Harvey.

(9)   It would not be a good idea for you to be sleeping then.

We are interested in the expressions "for Harvey to eat the goldfish" and
"for there to be a misunderstanding about this".

Notice the positions that these expressions occur in.  Give two reasons,
based on our existing grammar, for considering these expressions to be CPs.

Assume now that in these expressions, 'for' is a C.  Again trusting
that our existing grammar is essentially correct about CPs, what is your
best guess about what 'to' is?  In answering this, consider the following
examples:

(10) *I wouldn't like for my salary to can go down.

(11) *For Harvey to will eat the goldfish might be a mistake.

(12) *It would sadden me for my puppy to would run away.

(13) *I hated for my salary to went down.

HINT: when two things can't cooccur, that might be a sign
that they are the same thing.  Think about Clark Kent and Superman.

Do we need a new Verb Form Rule?

Draw the structures for (1) and (6).

Show carefully how (4) is derived.


3.  Now consider sentences like

(13)  Harvey would hate to lose that race.

(You can make up more like this if you want to.)

Four questions:

(a)	What does (13) mean?

(b)	How many main verbs are there in (13)?

(c)	How many clauses are there in (13)?

(d)	What do you think is going on here?