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.
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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.
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).
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).