Affiliation:
1. University of Hawaiʻi System
Abstract
Abstract
This paper focuses on the causative verb 𘃡 wji1 and 𗟻 phji1 in the Tangut language.
Causatives can be subcategorized as adversity causatives, transitive verbs (lexical causatives of intransitive verbs), analytic
causatives of intransitive verbs, and causatives of transitive verbs. I argue that adversity causatives are expressed by 𘃡
wji1, while 𗟻 phji1 serves as the verb marking causatives of transitive verbs. Causatives of
intransitive verbs can be divided according the directness of the action: direct actions, which often apply on inanimate objects,
are causativized by 𘃡 wji1 (or use other transitive verbs), and indirect actions, which usually apply on animate
objects, are causativized by 𗟻 phji1.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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