Measuring the alternation strength of causative verbs: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the interaction between verb,theme and construction

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Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI:10.1075/BJL.00009.ROM

Laurence Romain

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This paper presents a method for quantitative and qualitative analyses of the causative alternation in English, where verbs may alternate between a transitive (causative) construction (S anta crinkled his eyes ) and an intransitive (non-causative) construction ( His eyes crinkled ). 1 The aim of this paper is to present a method designed to measure the alternation strength of causative verbs, i.e. the extent to which they alternate between the two constructions. One of the central elements this paper investigates is the Theme, i.e. the participant that is in subject position in the intransitive construction and object position in the transitive construction. A distinctive collostructional analysis ( Gries and Stefanowitsch 2004 ) shows that certain verbs are significantly attracted to one of either two constructions while others are equivalently distributed in the two constructions. However, after careful analysis it appears that very few Themes actually overlap between the two constructions ( Lemmens forthcoming ) which indicates that each construction seems to be rather restrictive regarding which Themes they recruit. The low degree of alternation of the Themes leads us to ask ourselves the extent to which the alternation is part of a speaker’s knowledge of their language.

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使役动词交替强度的测量:动词、主位和构式相互作用的定量和定性分析

本文介绍了一种定量和定性分析英语中使役变化的方法，其中动词可以在及物(使役)结构(S anta cr褶皱他的眼睛)和非使役结构(his eyes cr褶皱)之间交替。本文的目的是提出一种测量使役动词交替强度的方法，即它们在两个结构之间交替的程度。本文研究的中心要素之一是主题，即。在不及物结构中处于主语位置和在及物结构中处于宾语位置的参与者。一项独特的生态结构分析(Gries and Stefanowitsch 2004)表明，某些动词明显被两种结构中的一种所吸引，而另一些动词则在两种结构中均匀分布。然而，经过仔细分析，似乎很少有两个结构之间的主题重叠(lemmens即将到来)，这表明每个结构似乎对它们所招募的主题都有相当的限制。主题的低程度交替让我们问自己，这种交替在多大程度上是说话者对其语言知识的一部分。

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期刊介绍： The Belgian Journal of Linguistics is the annual publication of the Linguistic Society of Belgium and includes selected contributions from the international meetings organized by the LSB. Its volumes are topical and address a wide range of subjects in different fields of linguistics and neighboring disciplines (e.g. translation, poetics, political discourse). The BJL transcends its local basis, not only through the international orientation of its active advisory board, but also by inviting international scholars, both to act as guest editors and to contribute original papers. Articles go through an external and discriminating review process with due attention to ensuring the maintenance of the journal"s high-quality content.