Abstract
The present paper argues that certain infinitival complements of English control constructions are embedded imperatives. These complements and root imperatives have identical syntactic structures and featural configurations, with only one exception: while root imperatives are anchored to an external Logophoric Center, embedded imperatives are anchored to an internal Logophoric Center (Bianchi (2003)). This brings about interpretative and morphological differences between them. There are significant advantages in treating control complements, particularly Landau’s (2000) Partial Control complements, as embedded imperatives. Under this view, partial control, implicit control and split control become naturally accountable.
