Lexical Causatives in Modern English: On Classification of “Kill–Verbs”
The article aims to suggest a new classification of modern English causative verbs, namely those meaning “to kill”. The author suggests classifying these verbs according to three features – with reference to some instrument/tool (pointing to the use of a tool in the definition), with reference to some cause (pointing to the cause of the murder) and with reference to the manner (pointing to the way the murder was performed).
2017 ◽
Vol 25
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pp. 71-79
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2018 ◽
Vol 97
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pp. 146-150
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