Comparative Concept: causative event (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
causative event (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | causative event |
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Definition
an event consisting of a salient external causer - participant role added to the causal chain of a base event. Example: Fred made me fill out the questionnaire is a causative event since an external causer (Fred) is added to the base event of filling out the questionnaire. (Section 9.2)