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Quiz de causativos en lingüística

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¿Qué es un causativo en lingüística?

Una operación que cambia la voz pasiva a voz activa en una oración
Una operación que cambia el orden de los argumentos en una oración transitiva
Una operación que disminuye la valencia de un verbo y indica que el sujeto evita que alguien o algo haga o sea algo
Una operación que aumenta la valencia de un verbo y indica que el sujeto causa que alguien o algo haga o sea algo (correct)

¿Qué sucede con el sujeto original en una oración causativa?

Se duplica en la oración
Se convierte en el sujeto de la oración
Se convierte en el objeto de la oración (correct)
Se omite de la oración

¿Qué tipo de formas causativas tienen la mayoría de los idiomas, incluido el inglés?

Formas causativas perifrásticas
Formas causativas reflexivas
Formas causativas morfológicas
Formas causativas específicas o léxicas (correct)

¿Qué tipo de dispositivos morfológicos pueden usar algunos idiomas para formar formas causativas?

Inflecciones que cambian los verbos en sus formas causativas (D) Signup and view all the answers

¿Cuál es el verbo de control o verbo de perífrasis más comúnmente utilizado en inglés para expresar causación?

Make (D) Signup and view all the answers

Match the following linguistic concepts with their descriptions:

Causative = A valency-increasing operation that indicates that a subject either causes someone or something else to do or be something or causes a change in state of a non-volitional event Periphrasis = A linguistic device that employs control verbs, idiomatic expressions or auxiliary verbs to express causation Specific or lexical causative forms = Forms in a language that change verbs into their causative forms or change adjectives into verbs of becoming Compactness of a causative device = There tends to be a link between this and its semantic meaning Signup and view all the answers

Match the following linguistic terms with their definitions:

Causer = The new argument introduced in a transitive clause in a causative construction Subject = The role that the causer takes in a transitive clause in a causative construction Object = The role that the original subject takes in a transitive clause in a causative construction Transitive clause = The type of clause that a new argument (the causer) is introduced into in a causative construction Signup and view all the answers

Match the following verb pairs with their causative forms in English:

Rise = Raise Lie = Lay Sit = Set Become = Cause to be Signup and view all the answers

Match the following linguistic devices with their examples:

Morphological devices = Inflection that changes verbs into their causative forms or change adjectives into verbs of becoming Periphrasis = Using control verbs or auxiliary verbs to express causation Specific or lexical causative forms = English verb pairs like rise → raise, lie → lay, sit → set Compact causative device = A device that is closely related to its semantic meaning Signup and view all the answers

Match the following statements about causative constructions with their true or false status:

All languages have ways to express causation = True Most, if not all, languages have specific or lexical causative forms = True Some languages also have morphological devices that change verbs into their causative forms = True The normal English causative verb or control verb used in periphrasis is cause = False Signup and view all the answers