Universal #1580

Legacy number: 1580

 Number  1576
 Original  If a language has a complex system both of reflexive constructions and causative constructions (with lexical or analytical causatives), the former tends to include a greater number of figurative and set phrases than the latter.
 Standardized  IF there is a complex system both of reflexive and causative constructions (with lexical or analytical causatives), THEN the reflexive construction tends to include a greater number of figurative and set phrases than the causative construction.
 Keywords  reflexive construction, causative construction
 Domain  morphology, syntax, semantics
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1980
 Source  Nedjalkov 1980: 227

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Discussion
Notes
In other words, of the two diametrically opposed means of verb derivation (the recessive and the causative) the recessive develops a wider range of meanings that the causative (Nedjalkov 1980: 227).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
In other words, of the two diametrically opposed means of verb derivation (the recessive and the causative) the recessive develops a wider range of meanings that the causative (Nedjalkov 1980: 227).