Causality and causation: A functional approach to causative constructions in Modern Swedish

Rawoens, Gudrun

doi:10.1515/flin.2011.005

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“…Although there exist corpus-based discussions on causative constructions from a functional perspective [10], relying solely on qualitative analysis proves inadequate for fully understanding causative constructions. Therefore, avenues for future research should explore corpus-based analyses, complementing traditional qualitative analyses to enhance researchers' better understanding how causative constructions operate.…”

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Causation from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Zou

2024

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This paper explores the intricacies of causative constructions within the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) framework, emphasizing their significance in understanding the relationship between processes and the individuals affected. Delving into diverse theoretical perspectives on causation, the study provides an overview of causative expressions, highlighting the formalist view and its proponents such as Nash and Pylkkänen. Cognitive linguists, like Langacker, contribute to the discussion with the action chain model, emphasizing the transfer of energy between entities in the causal chain. After discussing these clashing positions, the paper critiques previous studies that equate agency with causation within the transitivity system. SFL communities have also debated how causation simultaneously fits in the whole transitivity system along with the subsystems of agency and process type. This study revisits the debate and offers an overview of different positions among SFL scholars such as Lavid and Arús, and García. The relationship between agency and causation is discussed while considering the complexity of the transitive and the ergative perspectives. After fully discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the opposing viewpoints of these scholars, this paper suggests extending the agency system to include analytic and synthetic, which interact with the causation system to form analytic causation, supporting the idea of a comprehensive causation system within the transitivity system. Finally, the paper suggests future avenues for research, endorsing the incorporation of corpus-based analyses to complement qualitative approaches in understanding causative constructions fully.

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Causation from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Zou

2024

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“…An analytic causative is a two-verb structure that expresses a predicate of cause and a predicate of effect, for example, cause, make, have, and get in English (Gilquin, 2010); doen 'do' and laten 'let' in Dutch (Kemmer & Verhagen, 1994;Levshina et al, 2013aLevshina et al, , 2013bLevshina et al, , 2014Verhagen & Kemmer, 1997); få 'get', komma 'come', ha 'have', förmå 'induce', and låta 'let' in Modern Swedish (Rawoens, 2011); etc. According to Shibatani (1976) and Talmy (1976Talmy ( , 2000a, the first predicate constitutes the causing event, and the second represents the caused event.…”

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Event integration as a driving force of language change: evidence from Chinese 使-shǐ-make

Liu

2023

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Talmy’s (1991; 2000a; 2000b) influential work on motion events provides a strong two-way typology that can examine and account for the typology of a language, but this framework is basically synchronic. It may not be equally valid to explain language change. In this paper, we apply the event integration theory and its latest development, The Macro-event Hypothesis (Li, 2020, 2023), to account for the development of the causative verb 使-shǐ-make (SHI for short) in Chinese. This study reveals that, firstly, the multi-functional behavior of SHI represents a typical case of grammaticalization, with a full verb acquiring the role of conjunction and expressing abstract meanings. Secondly, the semantic division of the causative and non-causative uses of SHI in Contemporary Chinese is the most clear-cut. Thirdly, causative SHI shows a greater level of semantic bleaching, and the construction profiles a single causal activity and has a higher degree of event integration when compared to its lexical verbal use. The constructional grammaticalization of SHI confirms that event integration is key to its development. This study verifies The Macro-event Hypothesis of a continuum of grammaticalization in language and uncovers the process of semantic gradation that takes place in Chinese.

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“…Various classifications of causation have been proposed (e.g. Shibatani 1975;Talmy 1976;Lakoff 1987;Langacker 1991), such as physical and volitional eausation (Talmy 1976), just to name a few (for a eomprehensive list see Rawoens 2011).…”

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“…Similarly, in Swedish causation can be encoded by means of the verbs fà 'get', komma 'get' (lit. 'come'), ha 'have' and forma 'induce' followed by an infinitival complement (SAG, Rawoens 2008Rawoens , 2011. Permission can be expressed by the verb tilläta 'allow', combined with an infinitival complement (SAG, Rawoens 2008Rawoens , 2013.…”

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Distinguishing causative and permissive readings of the Swedish verb låta

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2013

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In this paper an account is given of the semantics of the Present-day Swedish verblåta‘let’ in constructions with an infinitival complement. It is generally assumed that the verblåtain this construction type can encode either causation or permission. From a synchronic perspective, the relationship between the two meanings has been described by some scholars as inclusive, whereas others have adduced possible criteria for distinguishing between them. Using corpus data, it is shown that the two semantic categories can be disentangled by means of a number of syntactic and semantic criteria, the most important of which relates to the semantic features of the central arguments in the sequence. Other criteria have to do with the occurrence of an object in the matrix clause, the Aktionsart of the complement predicate and the various degrees of autonomy of the object. The outcome of the empirical study reveals that the two constructions constitute comparably substantial categories in Present-day Swedish.

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Causality and causation: A functional approach to causative constructions in Modern Swedish

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Causation from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Causation from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Event integration as a driving force of language change: evidence from Chinese 使-shǐ-make

Distinguishing causative and permissive readings of the Swedish verb låta

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