Title

A Typological Study of Causatives in Taiwanese Southern Min

Author

Chin-fa Lien

Genre

Article  

Pages

395-422

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Language

English

Key words

typology, causative, lexical, synthetic, analytic, development

Abstract

     This is a typological study of causatives in Taiwanese southern Min. Types of causatives dealt with here include lexical causatives, synthetic causatives and analytic causatives. The development of causatives is also discussed. It is pointed out specifically that there is a change of syntheticity to analyticity yielding a range of complicated relation between form and meaning in tandem with phonological change.