Intensional transitive verbs and abstract clausal complementation

There is a correlation between intensionality and syntax: intensionality manifests itself with all clausal complement constructions. For example, "Max imagined that Boris was approaching". Although pervasive, there are apparent counterexamples. Sentences featuring intensional transitive verbs such as "Max wanted Boris" and "John imagined a unicorn", exhibit intensionality effects but do not appear to have clausal complements. This chapter defends a view of intensional transitive constructions which is intuitive and quite familiar, but one which has also been widely discounted. Specifically, the defense is of the proposal deriving from Quine and Montague that despite surface appearances, intensional transitive constructions are not transitives at all, but rather clausal complement constructions containing concealed material.