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<p>In this article, I propose an analysis of a phenomenon I call Backward Negative Concord (BNC). This is when a negative concord item in a matrix clause is licensed by negation in an embedded clause, contra expectations of standard negative concord requiring clausemate negation or at the very least the c-command of negation. It is shown that BNC appears in control structures in Russian only if the NCI is the controller. I propose that the complementizer introduces a feature responsible for negative concord that gets transmitted to the controller. Finally, cases of BNC occurring with what looks like raising verbs are discussed together with their differences from BNC in control structures.</p>

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What Backward Negative Concord tells us about control

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    2026年7月7日

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  • Anastasiia Voznesenskaia

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In this article, I propose an analysis of a phenomenon I call Backward Negative Concord (BNC). This is when a negative concord item in a matrix clause is licensed by negation in an embedded clause, contra expectations of standard negative concord requiring clausemate negation or at the very least the c-command of negation. It is shown that BNC appears in control structures in Russian only if the NCI is the controller. I propose that the complementizer introduces a feature responsible for negative concord that gets transmitted to the controller. Finally, cases of BNC occurring with what looks like raising verbs are discussed together with their differences from BNC in control structures.