Causative constructions of the hacer / fare + verb type in Spanish and Italian, and their Czech counterparts: a parallel corpus-based study

• Authors: Štichauer Pavel , Čermák Petr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper investigates the Czech translation counterparts of the Spanish / Italian causative construction with the causative verb hacer / fare + verb. On the basis of two parallel corpora, a typology of Czech equivalents is proposed. In contrast to the general divide between analytic/synthetic translation constructions, the research uncovers a number of various recurrent patterns. The paper shows the quantitative distribution of the defined types of patterns. It demonstrates that between the two opposite poles of expressiving causativity, i.e. through morphological causativization and syntactic causative construction, there are languages, such as Czech, that display a wider range of structural possibilities. Although some types clearly dominate, the overall range of patterns is much larger.

Keywords

EN

causatives; parallel corpus; Italian; Spanish; Czech; translation patterns

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Linguistica Pragensia
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 7-20

Contributors

author

Štichauer Pavel

• Department of Romance Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University nám. J. Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Čermák Petr

• Department of Romance Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University nám. J. Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, Czech Republic