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Lexical perspectives on transitivity and ergativity : causative constructions in English /
Fusing insights from cognitive grammar, systemic-functional grammar and Government & Binding, the present work elaborates and refines Davidse's view that the English grammar of lexical causatives is governed by the transitive and ergative paradigms, two distinct models of causation (Davidse...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 166. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Fusing insights from cognitive grammar, systemic-functional grammar and Government & Binding, the present work elaborates and refines Davidse's view that the English grammar of lexical causatives is governed by the transitive and ergative paradigms, two distinct models of causation (Davidse 1991, 1992). However, on the basis of extensive synchronic and diachronic data on verbs of killing (e.g. kill, execute, choke or drown), it is shown that 'transitivity' and 'ergativity' are not absolute but prototypical characteristics of verbs which may be overruled by the semantics of the co. |
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| Notas: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027275660 9027275661 |
| ISSN: | 0304-0763 ; |