Causative VP-omission in English: North East Linguistic Society 52

R. Stockwell; M. Tyler

Causative VP-omission in English: North East Linguistic Society 52

R. Stockwell
, M. Tyler

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Abstract

In English, the causation verbs 'make' and 'let' allow their following VP to be omitted; e.g. "I made/let Chris play the drums before I made/let Sam (play the drums)". We show that ‘causative VP-omission’ involves Null Complement Anaphora rather than predicate ellipsis, restricts the thematic role of the causee to being an agent, and is impossible with causative-'have' (though is possible with experiencer-'have' for some speakers).

Original language	English
Pages	135-144
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 2 Dec 2022
Event	North East Linguistics Society 52 - Rutgers University Department of Linguistics, New Brunswick, United States Duration: 29 Oct 2021 → 31 Oct 2021 https://sites.rutgers.edu/nels-52/

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Conference	North East Linguistics Society 52
Abbreviated title	NELS 52
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Brunswick
Period	29/10/21 → 31/10/21
Internet address	https://sites.rutgers.edu/nels-52/

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