Syntax of causative-passive correlation from a cross-linguistic perspective
Causatives and passives are two different types of syntactic constructions, but their interaction can be observed cross-linguistically. By investigating the causative-passive correlation in Chinese, English and French, we try to offer an appropriate account for the causative-passive correlation by specifying its necessary conditions. We argue that the constructions which involve the causative-passive correlation must be mono-phasal, and the embedded object can be co-referred to the matrix subject by syntactic movement.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The internal structure of the causative construction in Chinese
- 3.Deriving the passive constructions in Chinese
- 3.1Previous accounts
- 3.1.1Long passive constructions
- 3.1.2Short passive constructions
- 3.2A proper unified analysis for Chinese passives
- 3.3The Bei-passives and the constructions headed by rang and jiao
- 4.The causative-passive correlation in English and French
- 4.1The causative-passive correlation in English
- 4.2The causative-passive correlation in French
- 5.The causative-passive correlation from a cross-linguistic perspective
- 6.Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- The abbreviations used in this article are enumerated as follows
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