A typology of causatives: form, syntax and meaning

Dixon, R. M. W.

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“…Moreover, it lacks the (admittedly marginal) class of agentful verb meanings. It is not quite clear what Lehmann's claim is based on (he only refers to Dixon 2000), and since I do not have enough data on a distinction between multivalent and transitive verbs, I will not consider this difference further (see note 8).…”

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Universals of causative and anticausative verb formation and the spontaneity scale

Haspelmath

2016

Lingua Posnaniensis

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Martin haspelmath. Universals of causative and anticausative verb formation and the spontaneity scale. the poznań Society for the advancement of arts and Sciences, pL In this paper, I formulate and explain a number of universal generalizations about the formation of causative verbs (overtly marked verbs with causal meaning) and anticausative verbs (overtly marked verbs with noncausal meaning). Given the "spontaneity scale" of basic verb meanings (transitive > unergative > automatic unaccusative > costly unaccusative > agentful), we can say that verb pairs with a noncausal verb higher on the scale tend to be causative pairs, and verb pairs with a noncausal verb lower on the scale tend to be anticausative pairs. I propose that these generalizations can be subsumed under form-frequency correspondence: that transitive base verbs tend to form causatives (often analytic causatives) is because they rarely occur in causal contexts, and the fact that unaccusative verbs tend to be coded as anticausatives is because they frequently occur in causal contexts, and special marking is required for the rarer and less expected situation.

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Universals of causative and anticausative verb formation and the spontaneity scale

Haspelmath

2016

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“…For the sake of completeness, one should also mention Dixon's (2000) notion of compactness, which correlates with numerous semantic distinctions in different languages, including the directly and indirectly acting Causer. Dixon charts a cline from the most compact lexical causatives via morphological causatives and complex predicates (e.g.…”

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Finding the best fit for direct and indirect causation: a typological study

Levshina

2016

Lingua Posnaniensis

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natalia Levshina. Finding the best fit for direct and indirect causation: a typological study. the poznań Society for the advancement of arts and Sciences, pL ISSn 0079-4740, pp. 65-82 the contrast between direct and indirect causation is the most widely discussed semantic distinction in the literature on causative constructions. this distinction has been claimed to correlate with a number of formal parameters, such as formal distance, productivity and length, which are linked to different functional and diachronic explanations based on the principles of iconicity and economy. the present study tests these claims on a typologically representative sample of languages from 46 diverse families, examining four formal variables and their association with (in)directness of causation. according to the data, formal length displays the most pervasive association with the semantic distinction in question, which supports the economy-based explanation. In addition, the relative prominence of the other formal parameters depends on the type of causatives and their stage of grammaticalization.

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“…Comrie (1981 : 160-161), lui, classe les mécanismes causatifs selon un modèle tertiaire : procédés analytiques, procédés morphologiques et procédés lexicaux. Dixon (2000) (Kahane et Mel'cuk, 2006 : 257). Nous ne retiendrons que les énoncés où le verbe « entraîner » a pour sens « causer », « être la cause de ».…”

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Les verbes causatifs dans les textes scientifiques : essai de typologie

Khamissy¹

2016

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RésuméLa causalité fait partie des agencements discursifs permettant la compréhension, la perception ainsi que la justification des événements qui surviennent à l'être humain. En tant que stratégie discursive, le discours de vulgarisation scientifique s'en sert largement et ce par le truchement d'indices linguistiques perceptibles à des degrés divers. Ainsi, la causalité y est perceptible à l'aide de marques explicites, se manifestant au niveau lexical. Dans de nombreuses situations, afin de valider la relation causale, il faut récupérer des termes plus ou moins explicites qui apparaissent au niveau morphosyntaxique. Viennent enfin les procédés implicites d'expression de la cause ou « la causalité non marquée » linguistiquement.Mots clés : causalité, cause, relation causale, linguistique, science. Verbos causativos en los textos científicos: ensayo de tipologíaResumen La causalidad es una estrategia y una modalidad discursiva que permite al hablante la comprensión y la justificación de los acontecimientos ante diversas situaciones de la vida. La divulgación científica se basa precisamente en el establecimiento de relaciones causales comunes a través de pistas lingüísticas. Por lo tanto, la causalidad es perceptible a través de marcas explícitas, que se manifiestan en el nivel léxico. En muchas situaciones, para validar la relación causal, se tiende a recuperarse términos en cierta manera explícitos que surgen en la morfosintaxis del texto. De la misma manera aparecen otros modos implícitos de expresar la causa o la -causalidad sin etiqueta‖ lingüísticamente.Palabras clave: causalidad, relación causal, lingüística, discurso científico.Causative verbs in scientific texts: attempt of typology Abstract Both a discursive modality and a strategy, causality allows the understanding, perception and justification of events. As a discursive strategy, popular scientific discourse circulates through linguistic signs perceptible in varying degrees. Causality is perceived explicitly, as manifested in the lexical level. Further, to validate a causal relationship in a given situation it is frequently necessary to recover (more or less) explicit terms that appear on the morphosyntactic level. Other implicit ways of linguistically expressing cause-or -unmarked cause‖-are likewise observed.

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A typology of causatives: form, syntax and meaning

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Universals of causative and anticausative verb formation and the spontaneity scale

Universals of causative and anticausative verb formation and the spontaneity scale

Finding the best fit for direct and indirect causation: a typological study

Les verbes causatifs dans les textes scientifiques : essai de typologie

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