Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries

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Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia; Ausensi, Josep
Año de publicación
2020
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We analyze a construction generally overlooked in the literature, with key implications for of argument structure alternations and VP-internal configuration. This construction involves an object-less causative variant of change-of-state verbs (viz. Intransitive Causative). Unlike better-known monadic (inchoative/unaccusative) alternates, this construction selects for an external argument, an inanimate entity, interpreted by default as probable cause of a change of state. Here, intransitivity correlates with noneventivity. Data suggest that this construction renders an Individual-Level Predication—basically, a subject bearing the potential to eventually trigger an associated change of state as defining property. Based on the pure stative behavior of such a construction (clearly seen in Romance and Greek, cf. Mangialavori Rasia, to appear), we show that eventivity is structurally achieved, and that stative instances of these verbs are possible in various languages (Alexiadou and Iordachioaia, 2014; Mangialavori Rasia, 2018). ˘ Such data argue against the prevalent view that verbs undergoing causative alternation involve change of state or eventive denotation as core part of their lexical meaning and that causative interpretation is a byproduct of transitivity (Hale and Keyser, 2002). In the present paper, we shift the empirical focus to English and note that English shows a productive regularity that deserves to be explored. Visible contrasts with null object constructions and related argument structure alternations (Null/Unspecified Object Alternations, Levin, 1993 i.a.) allowed by these verbs are also revealed.
Fil: Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina
Fil: Ausensi, Josep. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España
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CAUSATIVITY
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
title Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
spellingShingle Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia
ARGUMENT STRUCTURE ALTERNATION
INTRANSITIVITY
PSYCH VERBS
STATIVITY
CAUSATIVITY
title_short Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
title_full Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
title_fullStr Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
title_full_unstemmed Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
title_sort Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia
Ausensi, Josep
author Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia
author_facet Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia
Ausensi, Josep
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARGUMENT STRUCTURE ALTERNATION
INTRANSITIVITY
PSYCH VERBS
STATIVITY
CAUSATIVITY
topic ARGUMENT STRUCTURE ALTERNATION
INTRANSITIVITY
PSYCH VERBS
STATIVITY
CAUSATIVITY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We analyze a construction generally overlooked in the literature, with key implications for of argument structure alternations and VP-internal configuration. This construction involves an object-less causative variant of change-of-state verbs (viz. Intransitive Causative). Unlike better-known monadic (inchoative/unaccusative) alternates, this construction selects for an external argument, an inanimate entity, interpreted by default as probable cause of a change of state. Here, intransitivity correlates with noneventivity. Data suggest that this construction renders an Individual-Level Predication—basically, a subject bearing the potential to eventually trigger an associated change of state as defining property. Based on the pure stative behavior of such a construction (clearly seen in Romance and Greek, cf. Mangialavori Rasia, to appear), we show that eventivity is structurally achieved, and that stative instances of these verbs are possible in various languages (Alexiadou and Iordachioaia, 2014; Mangialavori Rasia, 2018). ˘ Such data argue against the prevalent view that verbs undergoing causative alternation involve change of state or eventive denotation as core part of their lexical meaning and that causative interpretation is a byproduct of transitivity (Hale and Keyser, 2002). In the present paper, we shift the empirical focus to English and note that English shows a productive regularity that deserves to be explored. Visible contrasts with null object constructions and related argument structure alternations (Null/Unspecified Object Alternations, Levin, 1993 i.a.) allowed by these verbs are also revealed.
Fil: Mangialavori Rasia, Maria Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina
Fil: Ausensi, Josep. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España
description We analyze a construction generally overlooked in the literature, with key implications for of argument structure alternations and VP-internal configuration. This construction involves an object-less causative variant of change-of-state verbs (viz. Intransitive Causative). Unlike better-known monadic (inchoative/unaccusative) alternates, this construction selects for an external argument, an inanimate entity, interpreted by default as probable cause of a change of state. Here, intransitivity correlates with noneventivity. Data suggest that this construction renders an Individual-Level Predication—basically, a subject bearing the potential to eventually trigger an associated change of state as defining property. Based on the pure stative behavior of such a construction (clearly seen in Romance and Greek, cf. Mangialavori Rasia, to appear), we show that eventivity is structurally achieved, and that stative instances of these verbs are possible in various languages (Alexiadou and Iordachioaia, 2014; Mangialavori Rasia, 2018). ˘ Such data argue against the prevalent view that verbs undergoing causative alternation involve change of state or eventive denotation as core part of their lexical meaning and that causative interpretation is a byproduct of transitivity (Hale and Keyser, 2002). In the present paper, we shift the empirical focus to English and note that English shows a productive regularity that deserves to be explored. Visible contrasts with null object constructions and related argument structure alternations (Null/Unspecified Object Alternations, Levin, 1993 i.a.) allowed by these verbs are also revealed.
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