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Russian term or phrase:
каузативные конструкции
English translation:
causative structures
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Apr 28, 2002 10:08
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Russian term
каузативные конструкции
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Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | causative structures |
Jack Doughty
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| 5 +1 | causative constructions |
Yelena.
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| 4 +1 | causitive construction |
1964
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Proposed translations
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11 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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causative structures
First reference:
Causative Structures and Information Spreading
I show how a modification of the proposals made in Andrews and Manning (1993) for LFG can provide an analysis of an interesting causative structure recently described for Misumalpan languages (Nicaragua) by Ken Hale. These constructions seem to express the semantics of complementation by means of the syntax of parataxis; I show how these effects can be produced by letting a construction have one constituent as its head for argument-structure, another as its head for morphosyntactic features.
Second reference:
Basic causative structures
There are two basic causative structures. One is like an active, and the other is like a passive. These examples use the causative verb "have":
I had John fix the car.
(I arranged for the car to be fixed by John -- I caused him to fix it.)
I had the car fixed.
(I arranged for the car to be fixed by someone. We don't know who, so this is like a passive.)
The active causative structure
This is the basic structure of the active form, along with some more examples:
Subject Causative verb Agent Action verb Object
Susan had her brother do her homework.
The police had the suspect stop his car.
We had the carpenter fix our window.
The passive causative structure
In the passive form, there is usually no agent. The action verb is in the past participle, and the object comes before it:
Subject Causative verb Object Action verb
We had our door fixed.
Yukiko had her hair cut.
Sanjay had the windows cleaned.
Other causative verbs
All the examples above use the causative verb "have". However, many other verbs can be used in causatives. In the active form, som of these verbs require the action verb to have "to" before it. These are some examples of the most common causative verbs.
Verb Meaning Form of Action Verb Examples
make force, compel plain form The robbers made us lie on the floor.
[No passive form]
get same as "have" "to" form I got Jae Won to pick me up in the car.
She got her hair cut.
let allow plain form I'll let you borrow my bike.
[No passive form]
Causative Structures and Information Spreading
I show how a modification of the proposals made in Andrews and Manning (1993) for LFG can provide an analysis of an interesting causative structure recently described for Misumalpan languages (Nicaragua) by Ken Hale. These constructions seem to express the semantics of complementation by means of the syntax of parataxis; I show how these effects can be produced by letting a construction have one constituent as its head for argument-structure, another as its head for morphosyntactic features.
Second reference:
Basic causative structures
There are two basic causative structures. One is like an active, and the other is like a passive. These examples use the causative verb "have":
I had John fix the car.
(I arranged for the car to be fixed by John -- I caused him to fix it.)
I had the car fixed.
(I arranged for the car to be fixed by someone. We don't know who, so this is like a passive.)
The active causative structure
This is the basic structure of the active form, along with some more examples:
Subject Causative verb Agent Action verb Object
Susan had her brother do her homework.
The police had the suspect stop his car.
We had the carpenter fix our window.
The passive causative structure
In the passive form, there is usually no agent. The action verb is in the past participle, and the object comes before it:
Subject Causative verb Object Action verb
We had our door fixed.
Yukiko had her hair cut.
Sanjay had the windows cleaned.
Other causative verbs
All the examples above use the causative verb "have". However, many other verbs can be used in causatives. In the active form, som of these verbs require the action verb to have "to" before it. These are some examples of the most common causative verbs.
Verb Meaning Form of Action Verb Examples
make force, compel plain form The robbers made us lie on the floor.
[No passive form]
get same as "have" "to" form I got Jae Won to pick me up in the car.
She got her hair cut.
let allow plain form I'll let you borrow my bike.
[No passive form]
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6 mins
causative constructions
A causative construction is a sentence containing a transitive verb which essentially expresses ``cause to V-intransitive'', where V-intransitive is the intransitive counterpart of the verb
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Note added at 2002-04-28 10:19:14 (GMT)
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When one does not carry out an action oneself but rather has the action done by someone else, this is expressed by a causative construction. In English it is the verb \"to have\" that introduces the causative. The model will generally be: \"to have\" (conjuguated) + direct objet (noun or pronoun) + principal verb (in its past participle form):
We\'ll have a monument erected on this site.
I had my hair cut.
When one wishes to designate the agent of the action (the person who has carried out the described action), there are two possibilities:
1. -- \"to have\" (conjuguated) + direct objet (noun or pronoun) + principal verb (in its past participle form) + \"by\" + agent (usually not as a pronoun):
The professor had the work done by his lab assistants.
I had it done by my employees.
2. -- \"to have\" (conjuguated) + agent (as a direct object noun or pronoun) + principal verb (in its infinitive form) + the object (also in the form of a direct object noun or pronoun)
The professor had his students write an essay.
I had him do it.
http://www.ultralingua.net/english/grammar.html?show=42.html
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Note added at 2002-04-28 10:19:14 (GMT)
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When one does not carry out an action oneself but rather has the action done by someone else, this is expressed by a causative construction. In English it is the verb \"to have\" that introduces the causative. The model will generally be: \"to have\" (conjuguated) + direct objet (noun or pronoun) + principal verb (in its past participle form):
We\'ll have a monument erected on this site.
I had my hair cut.
When one wishes to designate the agent of the action (the person who has carried out the described action), there are two possibilities:
1. -- \"to have\" (conjuguated) + direct objet (noun or pronoun) + principal verb (in its past participle form) + \"by\" + agent (usually not as a pronoun):
The professor had the work done by his lab assistants.
I had it done by my employees.
2. -- \"to have\" (conjuguated) + agent (as a direct object noun or pronoun) + principal verb (in its infinitive form) + the object (also in the form of a direct object noun or pronoun)
The professor had his students write an essay.
I had him do it.
http://www.ultralingua.net/english/grammar.html?show=42.html
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13 mins
causitive construction
-the passive construction
-causitive "faire"
-relative pronouns
Sum: Causative-passive overlap
-causitive "faire"
-relative pronouns
Sum: Causative-passive overlap
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