Constraints on the causative derivation in Early Vedic: Evidence for a diachronic typology of transitivity

• Leonid Kulikov ^[1]
  1. [1] Ghent University

     Ghent University

     Arrondissement Gent, Bélgica

     
• Localización: Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, ISSN 1732-0747, ISSN-e 1897-7499, Vol. 49, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 79-101
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present paper demonstrates the relevance of the semantic approach to transitivity (going back to Hopper and Thompson 1980) for the analysis of Vedic causative verbs. I will argue that in terms of this approach it is possible to explain a number of constraints on causative derivation (which cannot be explained in terms of the traditional, syntactic, definition) and to offer a unified account of the semantics of these verbs. I will also briefly discuss some theoretical implications of this analysis of causative verbs in Vedic for a diachronic typology of transitivity.