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NYU Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 2: Papers in Syntax, Spring 2009 373.4 Romanian (thanks to Oana Savescu, Alex Grosu, and Donka Farkas for data anddiscussion)One of the Balkan traits of Romanian is the prevalence of subjunctives. However, my informantsjudge that infinitives are possible with some matrix verbs. All the data below come from thispool. The base-line judgment is evaluated as “?”, due to the marginality of their infinitivalcharacter. I start the discussion with the more robust raising cases.3.4.1 Raising(171) ?Nu par a cânta doar eu pe caseta asta.not seem.1.sg to sing only I on tape thisLO: ‘It doesn’t seem to be the case that only I am singing on this tape’(172) Nu pare a cânta doar Ion pe caseta asta.not seem.3.sg to sing only Ion on tape thisLO: ‘It doesn’t seem to be the case that only John is singing on this tape’3.4.2 ControlLO readings with pronouns exist, but Romanian has pronominal doubles that accompany namesand, in contrast to Italian, also quantifiers, see (173). Like Spanish and unlike Italian, Romanianhas only noi lingvişti-i `we the linguists’ and not *noi lingvişti `we linguists’, and this does notdiscriminate between doubles and real subjects.(173) ?Urăste a munci doar el.hate.3sg to work only heHI: ‘Only he hates to work. (with focus on el)LO: ‘He hates it that only he works (with focus on urăste)(174) ?Urăste a munci doar Ion.hate.3sg to work only IonHI: ‘Only Ion hates to work. (with focus on el)*LO: ‘He i hates it that only Ion i works (with focus on urăste)(175) Ion a muncit doar el / şi el.Ion have.3sg worked only he/ also he`Only Ion worked / Ion worked too’(176) Context: The teacher worked, and...Fiecare băiat a muncit şi el.every boy aux worked also he`every boy worked too’