Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Some basic problems of Romance infinitive clauses -- 1.2 On the study of Romance infinitival subjects -- 1.3 Some methodological observations -- 2. The Basic Data -- 2.1 Italian -- 2.2 French -- 2.3 Spanish -- 2.4 Portuguese and Galician -- 2.5 Other Romance varieties -- 2.6 Summary -- 3. Foundations of Romance Syntax -- 3.1 Basic assumptions -- 3.2 Case theory: Principles of nominative case assignment -- 3.3 Romance infinitive constructions -- 3.4 Summary -- 4. Romance Infinitives with Specified Subjects: The State of the Art -- 4.1 Accusative subjects and exceptional case marking -- 4.2 Infinitival subjects extracted to the main clause -- 4.3 Nominative subjects -- 4.4 Summary -- 5. The Position of Subjects in Romance Infinitive Clauses -- 5.1 Preverbal subjects -- 5.2 Postverbal subjects -- 5.3 Clause-final subjects -- 5.4 Summary -- 6. Case Assignment to the Subject of Infinitive Clauses -- 6.1 Italian -- 6.2 Spanish -- 6.3 Portuguese and Galician -- 6.4 French -- 6.5 Other varieties -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. A Minimalist Interpretation -- 7.1 The minimalist framework -- 7.2 A minimalist analysis of Portuguese infinitive clauses (Ambar) -- 7.3 Features and movement in Romance infinitive clauses -- 7.4 Further perspectives -- 7.5 Summary -- 8. Summary and Outlook -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.