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  • Original research article
  • November 1, 2016
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PREDICATIVE-ARGUMENTATIVE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH CAUSATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS LIKE “MAKE ONESELF UNDERSTOOD” AND ITS REALIZATION IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

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Abstract

The article is devoted to studying the predicative-argumentative structure of the English causative constructions “make oneself understood”, “make oneself heard”, “make oneself known” and the specifics of its realization in the Russian language. The author identifies a type of the taxonomic category for each predicate and a set of obligatory and optional arguments. The argument represents common features of the situation participants and is a component of the predicate’s semantics. Changing a set of arguments involves the change of causative perspective of the sentence.

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Author information

Yuliya Viktorovna Baklagova

Kuban State University

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  • Published: November 1, 2016.

Keywords

  • каузативная конструкция
  • предикат
  • аргумент
  • каузатор
  • каузат
  • таксономическая категория
  • рефлексив
  • causative construction
  • predicate
  • argument
  • causator
  • causat
  • taxonomic category
  • reflexive

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