Abstract
Anticausative (unaccusative) verbs are not formed by a reflexivization operation. Contrary to claims advanced in recent studies, there is no evidence that they involve a Cause ingredient either in their lexical semantic representation or in the syntax. A series of arguments show that.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2176-2186 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Lingua |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2011 |
Keywords
- Anticausative
- Cause
- Causing subevent
- Reflexive verb
- Reflexivization
- Unaccusative
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language
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