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Linglib.Fragments.English.Verbs.Causative

English causative verbs #

The English periphrastic causatives are cause, make, let, have, get, force and prevent, and the lexical causatives here are kill, break and tear. Karttunen counts cause, make, have and force among the verbs whose affirmation implies the complement, and prevent among those whose affirmation implies its negation.

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Causative (Periphrastic) #

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def English.Verbs.cause :
Verb

cause takes an object and an infinitive, cause the vase to fall.

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    def English.Verbs.make :
    Verb

    make takes an object and a bare infinitive, make him leave. Levin does not class it (the make of 26.1 is the verb of creation and that of 29.3 the dub verb).

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      def English.Verbs.let_ :
      Verb

      let is the permissive causative, let him leave.

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        def English.Verbs.have_caus :
        Verb

        have in its causative use takes an object and a bare infinitive, have him leave.

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          def English.Verbs.get_caus :
          Verb

          get in its causative use takes an object and an infinitive, get him to leave. Levin does not class it (the get of 13.5.1 is the verb of obtaining).

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            def English.Verbs.force :
            Verb

            force takes an object and an infinitive, force him to leave.

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              def English.Verbs.prevent :
              Verb

              prevent takes an object and a from-gerund, prevent him from leaving.

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                Lexical Causatives #

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                def English.Verbs.kill :
                Verb

                "kill" — Levin 42.1 murder verbs.

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                  def English.Verbs.break_ :
                  Verb

                  "break" — Levin 45.1 break verbs, a change in "material integrity" with no specification of how the change comes about ([Lev93]:241).

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                    def English.Verbs.tear_ :
                    Verb

                    "tear" — Levin 45.1 Break Verbs. Contrary-direction separation with force. Unlike break, tear implies a specific directionality (bidirectional / pulling apart) and is compatible with careful controlled action. Patient restriction: any solid capable of irregular separation. [SMcN26] (§3.1–3.2). In [MBB08] ten of twenty-eight languages have a verb used only for tearing cloth by hand, and English speakers extend tear to pulling yarn apart.

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