Search for dissertations about: "labile verbs"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words labile verbs.

2. 1. Labile Verbs in English : Their Meaning, Behavior and Structure

   Author : Alan McMillion; Magnus Ljung; Nils-Lennart Johannesson; Ulf Magnusson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; labile verbs; ergative verbs; transitivity; causative; constructions; English language; Engelska språket;

   Abstract : English has many verbs that syntactically occur in both transitive and intransitive clausal patterns. A subset of such verbs are called labile verbs, and these have a causative sense when they occur in the transitive pattern and a non-causative or inchoative sense in the intransitive pattern. READ MORE