Iconicity as Evidenced in Saisiyat Linguistic Coding of Causative Events
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Causatives have been subjected to intensive scrutiny by linguists in recent years. Cross-linguistic studies suggest that the formation of causatives re3ects the real world perception of cause-result relations, though some studies contradict this 2nding. The aim of this study is to explore the underlying principles that determine the way an event is encoded linguistically in Saisiyat, a Formosan language. Following Crofts model of idealized single events, we promote the study of causatives to the discourse level. The results show that the iconicity of language is re3ected in the ordering of linguistic elements as well as their grammatical integrity.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000