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More On The Typology Of Inchoative/Causative Verb Alternations

Year: 1993

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This paper examines inchoative-causative (noncausal-causal) verb alternations in 21 languages and 31 verbs and finds that languages can be ranked in terms of how often they use causatives, and verb meanings likewise can be ranked in terms of how often they occur in causative pairs vs. anticausative pairs.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.227093

Author: Haspelmath, Martin

Institution: Freie Universität Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W133082680

FWCI: 12.81

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