Causatives and Causation: A Universal -Typological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780582289185 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 312 str.

Jae Jung Song;Jae Jung Song;Jae Jung Song

Opis

This text examines the structural similarities of causatives between languages and the pragmatic foundations of causatives. A wide range of languages are considered, taken from a database of over 600 languages, offering an international approach to causative construction.

Spis treści

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1. Preamble

2. A Typology of causative constructions
Language sample
Some operating terms
The COMPACT type
The AND type
The PURP type
Implicativity: a residual issue

3. The evolution of causative affixes
Introduction
Other studies on origins of causative affixes
A diachronic model of causative affixes
Causative affixes: a diachronic track-down
Implicativity and reduction
Closing remarks

4. Korean: A PURP-type language
Introduction
PURP causative and purposive constructions
The Clause Linkage Theory
Clause linkage in PURP causative and purposive constructions
Problems for the Clause Linkage Theory
A diachronic solution to the problems


5. The functional basis of the typology
Introduction
Implicativity as the distinguishing feature
Cognitive basis of the typology
Pragmatic basis of the typology

6. Comrie's theory of causatives: an alternative interptetation
Introduction
Comrie's theory of causatives
A critique of Comrie's theory
Data
An alternative interpretation: NP density control
Further evidence for NP density control

7. Finale

Appendix: Data base
Bibliography
Author index
language index
Subject index

O autorze

Jae Jung Song