Lemmens, Maarten.

Lexical perspectives on transitivity and ergativity : causative constructions in English / Maarten Lemmens. - Amsterdam : John Benjamins, 1998. - xii, 268 p. ; 23 cm. - Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 166 0304-0763 ; .

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243-256]) and indexes.

9027236712 RM266.34

98-036270


Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.
Causative (Linguistics)
Semantics.
English language--Transitivity.
English language--Ergative constructions.