#3644. Selection and argument structure: the case of morphological causatives in Korean

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Abstract:
This paper proposes that morphological causatives are formed through the causative head, Caus(e), selecting for an element of category Voice as its complement. Under the proposed view, various properties of the causative are examined and accounted for. It is also shown that the bi-predicational properties of the causative with respect to the Condition B effect as well as the scopes of a manner adverb and the adverbial for ‘again’ can be successfully captured under the proposed approach. The discussion shows that the causative alternation can be best analyzed when it is viewed to be due to causativization that takes place in the syntax, which may extend to the causative alternation in other languages.
Keywords:
Argument structure; Causative; Lexicalism; Selection

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