Argument realization of psychological verbs
Chao Li | College of Staten Island, CUNY
By using data from nearly thirty languages of various families and regions, this paper examines the argument
realization of three types of psychological verbs (i.e. causative bivalent, non-causative bivalent, and monovalent). It finds
that, when compared with the argument realization of core transitive verbs like BREAK, causative bivalent psych
verbs show crosslinguistic uniformity in that they pattern with core transitive verbs in argument realization. The same
comparative approach finds that the argument realization of non-causative bivalent psych verbs shows a lot of crosslinguistic
variation. As for monovalent psych verbs, the paper finds that they almost always pattern with the argument realization of
unaccusative verbs. The findings of the paper are accounted for by using the Force-Control-Causality (FCC) model of verb meaning.
Under this model, the uniformity in argument realization with respect to causative bivalent psych verbs is due to the prominence
of the causative relationship expressed and the directionality of the causality from the Causer to the Causee. The variation in
argument realization with respect to non-causative bivalent psych verbs can be attributed to the fact that such verbs express
neither causation nor transmission of physical force. As for the near uniformity in argument realization with respect to
monovalent psych verbs, it is due to the fact that they involve only one argument (thus no competition for the subject position)
and this single argument shares the [−control] feature with the single argument of unaccusative verbs. This study points to the
need of recognizing Causer and Causee as two core and highly-ranked thematic roles in a global thematic hierarchy.
Keywords: psychological verb, psych verb, argument realization, causative, Causer, Causee
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Argument realization of the three types of psych verbs
- 2.1Argument realization of causative bivalent psych verbs
- 2.2Argument realization of non-causative bivalent psych verbs
- 2.3Argument realization of monovalent psych verbs
- 3.A Force-Control-Causality (FCC) account
- 4.Conclusion and implication
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Abbreviations
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References
Published online: 04 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.17016.li
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.17016.li
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