The syntax of Igbo causatives: a minimalist account
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Dedication v
Editorial Note vi
Preface viii
List of Tables xiv
Abbreviations xv
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
1 Preliminary Remarks 1
1.1 Dialect Choice 1
1.2 Overview of Certain Linguistic Features of Igbo 2
1.2.1 The Phonology of Igbo 2
1.2.1.1 The Vowel System of Igbo 2
1.2.1.2 Vowel Harmony 2
1.2.1.3 The Igbo Consonant System 3
1.2.1.3.1 A Note on some Igbo Consonants 4
1.2.1.4 The Tonal System of Igbo 4
1.2.1.4.1 Lexical Function of Tone in Igbo 5
1.2.1.4.2 Grammatical Function of Tones in Igbo 5
1.2.1.4.3 Tones Classes for Nouns and Verbs 5
1.2.1.4.4 Tone Marking Convention 6
1.2.1.5 Igbo Syllable Structure 6
1.2.2 Igbo Morphology 6
1.2.2.1 Affixation in Igbo 6
1.2.2.2 Igbo Prefixes 7
1.2.2.3 Igbo Suffixes 10
1.2.2.3.1 Igbo Inflectional Suffixes 10
1.2.2.3.2 Extensional suffixes in Igbo 12
1.2.2.4 Igbo Interfixes 14
1.2.2.5 A Note on Igbo Verb Morphology 14
1.3 Theoretical Framework 15
1.3.1 Shortest Move 16
1.3.2 Greed 16
1.3.3 Procrastinate 16
1.3.4 Operations of MP 18
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Chapter 2: Causatives: A Review in General Linguistic Theory ... 19
2 Preliminary Remarks 19
2.1 Causatives: A General Review 19
2.1.1 The Term “Causative”: Some Definitions 19
2.1.2 Analytical (Syntactic) Causatives 26
2.1.3 Morphological Causatives 28
2.1.4 Lexical Causatives 33
2.2 The Semantics of Causatives 36
2.2.1 Predicates and States of Affairs 36
2.2.2 Immediate and Mediated Causations 42
2.2.3 Causativity and Agentivity 43
2.2.3.1 Actor: The Generalized Agent-Type Role 48
2.2.4 Ergativity and Causativity 50
2.3 Changes in Valency and Grammatical Relations 52
2.3.1 Valency Decreasing Mechanisms 53
2.3.2 Valency Increasing Mechanisms 56
2.3.2.1 Applicatives 56
2.3.2.2 Possessor Raising 57
2.3.2.3 Causatives and Valency Changes 57
2.3.2.3.1 Causative of Intransitive Verbs 59
2.3.2.3.2 Causative of Monotransitive Verbs 60
2.3.2.3.3 Causative of Ditransitive Verbs 62
2.4 Causatives: A Theoretical Overview 64
2.4.1 Comrie (1976a) 65
2.4.2 Marantz (1984) 67
2.4.2.1 Marantz’s Kinds of Causative Construction 68
2.4.2.1.1 Causative Constructions without Merger 69
2.4.2.1.2 Derived Morphological Causative Constructions 70
2.4.2.1.3 Merger and Splitting Type of Causative Construction 75
2.4.3 Baker (1988) 76
2.4.3.1 Baker’s Verb Incorporation Proposal 77
2.4.3.2 Baker’s Verb Incorporation (VI) and some
Syntactic Principles 80
2.4.4 Li (1990) 81
2.4.4.1 An Outline of Li’s (1990) Analysis 82
2.4.4.2 The Range of VI Triggering Verbs 84
2.4.4.3 CP or VP Complement to Causative Verb 84
2.4.4.4 Li’s (1990) Revision of Chomsky’s (1986b)
Binding Theory 86
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Chapter 3: Analytical Causative Constructions in Igbo 97
3 Preliminary Remarks 97
3.1 The Analytical Causative Construction 97
3.1.1 The Complement to the Causative ‘-me’ 99
3.1.2 Topicalisation, Clefting the Subject Pronominal Clitic
Strategies 103
3.1.3 Anatomy of the Clause Complement to the Causative
Verb ‘-me’ 106
3.1.4 The Derivation of the ‘-me’ - Analytical Causative 107
3.1.5 The Abstract Light Verb Proposal 108
3.1.6 More on the Derivation of Igbo Analytical Causative 110
Chapter 4: Morphological Causative Constructions in Igbo 113
4 Preliminary Remarks 113
4.1 The Morphological Causative Construction 113
4.1.1 Igbo Morphological Causative and Head Movement/
Incorporation 120
4.1.2 The Igbo Morphological Causative and the Empty Category
Principle (ECP) 124
4.1 The Igbo Morphological Causative Formation and Government 126
Chapter 5: Lexical Causatives in Igbo 127
5 Preliminary Remarks 127
5.1 Lexical Causatives 127
5.2 Non-Bipositional Causative Verbs in Igbo 127
5.3 Bipositional Causative Verbs in Igbo 128
5.4 The Term “Transitivity” 130
5.5 Igbo Bipositional Verb and the Notion of Transitivity 131
5.5.1 The Intransitive Bipositional Verbs 131
5.5.2 The Transitive Bipositional Verbs 132
5.5.3 Alternating Transitive Causative Bipositional Verbs 137
5.6 How are Igbo Bipositional Verbs Derived 141
5.7 Transitivity Alternation: A Cross-linguistic Insight 142
5.8 Argument Structure of Lexical Items 144
5.8.1 Argument Structure of Alternating Bipositional Verbs in Igbo 146
5.8.2 Argument Structure of Transitive Causative Bipositional Verbs 148
5.8.3 The Argument Structure of Intransitive Bipositional Verbs 151
5.9 On the Categorial Status of Members of a Causative Bipositional Verb 152
5.10 A Case for ‘wa’ as a Polysemous Verbal Element 156
Bibliography 159
Subject Index 169
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