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English Causative Constructions in an Ethnosyntactic Perspective: Focusing on Let

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2010-01-01

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Wierzbicka, Anna

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Oxford University Press

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This chapter focuses on one area of 'cultural elaboration' in grammar, namely, on the elaboration of causal relations in modern English. Topics discussed include causation and patterns of social interaction, natural semantic language as a tool for studying ethnosyntax, the meaning of causatives in a cross-linguistic perspective, German lassen constructions, and English let constructions, and comparison of Russian and German.

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Causal relations, Causation, Ethnosyntax, Grammar, Modern english

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https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733800728

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Ethnosyntax: Explorations in Grammar and Culture

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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199266500.003.0008

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