ANALYTICAL CAUSATIVE WITH THE VERB “HELP” IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: CATEGORIAL PARADIGM OF THE CONSTRUCTION HELP SOMEBODY (TO) DOSOMETHING

Abstract

The article is devoted to studying categorial paradigm of the causative verb “help” which is realized in the analytical construction “help somebody (to) do something”. The key factors in the semantics of the verb “help” are the parameters of two propositions - causator and causat. Causator is analyzed as a subject or mediator of responsibility. The paper postulates the potential of using the verb in taxonomic categories “action”, “incident” and “activity”.

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• Published: December 1, 2017.

Keywords

• каузативный глагол
• аналитический каузатив
• каузативная макроситуация
• таксономическая категория
• каузатор
• causative verb
• analytical causative
• causative macro-situation
• taxonomic category
• causator

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