Lexical Perspectives on Transitivity and Ergativity: Causative constructions in English
Lexical Perspectives on Transitivity and Ergativity: Causative constructions in English PDF Fusing insights from cognitive grammar, systemic-functional grammar and Government & Binding, the present work elaborates and refines Davidse’s view that the English grammar of lexical causatives is governed by the transitive and ergative paradigms, two distinct models of causation (Davidse 1991, 1992)….