Their article, “On the acceptability of agreeing infinitives in Brazilian Portuguese,” investigates a challenge to the Movement Theory of Control presented by agreeing infinitivals in Brazilian Portuguese.
They test the acceptability of these constructions experimentally, observing a difference in acceptability between partial and no-control structures with agreeing infinitives. Ultimately, they argue their results undermine the Movement Theory of Control.
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Gupton, Timothy & Merchant, Doug (2026). On the acceptability of agreeing infinitives in Brazilian Portuguese. Applied Psycholinguistics 47, e52. DOI:10.1017/S014271642610099X.
