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Constraints on the causative derivation in Early Vedic: Evidence for a diachronic typology of transitivity
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Leonid Kulikov
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January 1, 2013
Abstract
The present paper demonstrates the relevance of the semantic approach to transitivity (going back to Hopper and Thompson 1980) for the analysis of Vedic causative verbs. I will argue that in terms of this approach it is possible to explain a number of constraints on causative derivation (which cannot be explained in terms of the traditional, syntactic, definition) and to offer a unified account of the semantics of these verbs. I will also briefly discuss some theoretical implications of this analysis of causative verbs in Vedic for a diachronic typology of transitivity.
Received: 2012-06-02
Revised: 2012-11-09
Accepted: 2013-02-05
Published Online: 2013
Published in Print: 2013
© Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, 2013
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