基本説明
This text is a major contribution to the subject presenting an alternative perspective to the traditional typological approach.
Full Description
This text examines the structural similarities of causatives between languages and the pragmatic foundations of causatives. A wide range of languages are considered, taken from a database of over 600 languages, offering an international approach to causative construction.
Contents
Comrie's universal grammar of causatives - an alternative interpretation; a typology of causative constructions; the evolution of causative affixes - a study in diachronic typology; Korean - a PURP type language; the functional basis of the typology.
