Covert Modality in Non-finite Contexts

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Teleology and animacy in external arguments (2008, background): “332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 10 (For recent discussion of the semantics of these constructions, see Bhatt (1999), Iatridou et al. (2001), Pancheva (2003) among many others).”
By Phrases in Passives and Nominals (2013, background): “The underlying object is either null, or the head noun itself, as in Bhatt 1999 and Iatridou, Anagnostopoulou & Izvorski 2001.”
Perspective in Taste Predicates and Epistemic Modals (2011, background): “Indeed, English can even generate modality without any overt modalizing element, in certain non-finite constructions such as: “Sandy is the person to call for computer help” (cf. Bhatt 2006).”
On the event relativity of modal auxiliaries (2010, background): “Similarly, to explain actuality entailments, Bhatt (1999) proposes that, despite appearances, the ability modal is not a modal, but an implicative predicate (like manage).”