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标题：The semantic representation of possesseed-raising constructions in terms of reflexivity
其他标题：The semantic representation of possesseed-raising constructions in terms of reflexivity
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作者：Beatriz Martínez Fernández
期刊名称：Journal of English Studies
印刷版ISSN：1576-6357
电子版ISSN：1695-4300
出版年度：2002
卷号：3
页码：149-163
DOI：10.18172/jes.74
出版社：Universidad de La Rioja
摘要：This paper aims to provide arguments in favour of the widely discussed idea that English causative alternating constructions of the type "John broke his arm/His arm broke" are, at least partly, reflexive. As we shall see, several constraints condition this proposal, namely the actor/non-actor category of the first argument of the activity predicate and the concept of control. In addition, I will argue that the recurrent association of this particular causative formal composition to the above mentioned reflexive meaning leads us to consider this alternation as a new construction within the wider scope of causatives. This construction has been labelled as the Possessed-Raising construction.
其他摘要：This paper aims to provide arguments in favour of the widely discussed idea that English causative alternating constructions of the type "John broke his arm/His arm broke" are, at least partly, reflexive. As we shall see, several constraints condition this proposal, namely the actor/non-actor category of the first argument of the activity predicate and the concept of control. In addition, I will argue that the recurrent association of this particular causative formal composition to the above mentioned reflexive meaning leads us to consider this alternation as a new construction within the wider scope of causatives. This construction has been labelled as the Possessed-Raising construction