Causative Constructions with the Verbs to make, to let, to have, to get.

Authors

  • V. M. Sokolova Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31558/2075-2970.2019.38.8

Keywords:

causativity, causative construction, causative situation, effective causation, causative state

Abstract

The article is devoted to the comparative research of the causative constructions with the English verbs to make, to let, to have, to get, and the Ukrainian verbs змушувати, дозволяти. The research is based on the examples of the English (to make smb do smth) and the Ukrainian (дозволяти кому-небудь робити що-небудь) constructions, the verbs to make, to let, to have, to get as a part of the causative constructions. The relevance of the article is determined by the necessity of systematic semantic analysis of the causative constructions including the above mentioned verbs. The subject of the research is the semantics and the structure of causative constructions in the English and the Ukrainian languages. The aim of the research lies in carrying out the semantic analysis of the causative constructions and revealing the common and the different features in both languages. The classification of the causative constructions which includes the verbs to make, to let, to have, to get has been presented. The article is based on the examples from the English and the Ukrainian belles-lettres texts, the productivity of the causative constructions with the verbs to make, to let, to have, to get has also been defined.

Author Biography

V. M. Sokolova, Донецький національний університет імені Василя Стуса

асистент кафедри германської філології факультету іноземних мов

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Section

Language units аnd cатеgоrіes in тhe typological and contrastive aspects