Causation and stative verbs in English.

Main author: Williams, H. P.
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institution SOAS, University of London
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language English
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description The purpose of this paper is to examine some stative verbs, i.e. verbs which do not normally take progressive aspect, from a syntactic and a philosophical point of view. An examination of the concept of causation and its relation to transitivity is also undertaken in order to try and show that stative verbs are "resultatives," Formulation of the argument leads to the positing of a linguistic model that is an extension though in some ways a fundamental alteration of Fillmore's case model. This model allows room for the philosophic insights of Austin & Urmson.
format Theses
author Williams, H. P.
author_facet Williams, H. P.
authorStr Williams, H. P.
author_letter Williams, H. P.
title Causation and stative verbs in English.
publisher SOAS University of London
publishDate 1971
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29215/