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
XIV, 295 p. ; 21 cm. | |
Contents: | Comrie's universal grammar of causatives - an alternative interpretation; a typology of causative constructions; the evolution of causative affixes - a study in diachronic typology; Korean - a PURP type language; the functional basis of the typology. |
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