This paper argues that both Korean and English have ''Raising to Object'' in ECM constructions and that in both languages the raising is obligatory out of small clauses and optional out of full clauses. Abstractly, the two languages are quite similar in this regard. However, there remain obvious differences between the two languages: In Korean, but not English, raising is possible out of a finite clause; in English, but not Korean, accusative Case marking can take place without raising. We suggest that these differences follow from the nature of the Case properties of Infl in the two languages, apparently a relatively simple parameter.Keywords Raising to Object Á Exceptional case marking Á Small clause Á Major subject Á Condition B Lasnik (2001), following Postal (1974) and Lasnik and Saito (1991), argues that English ECM subjects raise overtly into the higher clause. However, somewhat departing from those works, it is further argued that the raising is, in a certain sense, optional. We will begin by reviewing those arguments. We will then show that, unsurprisingly, ECM subjects of small clauses also raise. However, interestingly, the raising is obligatory in this case. With this as background, we will show that Korean essentially replicates this pattern.

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