The Types of the Causative Construction in Georgian

Abstract

1.6.2.2.1. The Types of the Causative Construction in Georgian. /Z. Baratashvili/. Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (Moambe). – 2019. – v. 13. – #1. – pp. 126-136. – eng.; abs.: geo., eng.

In the article, the types of causative constructions in Georgian are discussed with respect to semantic roles, syntactic functions, and morphological marking. The three types of causaitve: lexical, analytic, and morphological are mentioned, but within the scope of the article, all the analyses are focused on and the restrictive rules are established according to the latter. The Georgian Causative are checked according to the hierarchy of grammatical relations by Comrie and the generalization of case marking by Baker. Theoretically possible and actually attested combinations of basic and syntactically derived constructions are calculated with respect to valency and transitivity. At the end of the paper the restrictive rules (according to Baker) and relationship with the Comrian ideas are established. The schemes are shown according to the relationship and correspondences of semantic roles and syntactic functions (taking into account both basic and derived constructions). The results are useful for the linguistic typology. Ref. 12.

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