Language nology ond yma descriptions published unde the pce ofthe Center for plied Linguists Volume: Cewesructre Volume tf: Complee contruction: Volume 11 Grammatical cogore ond he leicon Language typology and syntactic description Volume ttt Grammatical categories and the lexicon ted by OTHY sHOPEN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge New York NewRochelle Melbourne Sydney“@ cemertor Agpet ings Bit panes ts Resa rao Conreneapuecrénete: feet atcoereoemenaree Ssepeartemerien se aah eta accor) ‘store ppc) C Op Contents Acknowledgement xi ‘Abbreisions for grammatical ems xi Irotucron 1 { Typlolal dtinction ia word formation Ce of atom at Agel 190 Inoduction 5 os Thelencon 3 3 The nation of strata” i ea items 5 3 Formal and functional sspecs of word foration 6 1 Typology of word formation processes 8 [Kt Chic! typological systems bed or word formation 9 13 Saprs ypoiogy 10 13 A ssf of word formation yges_1¢ (2 The peda of word formation sles “16 29 Stem modfeton poceses st 31 Deewana! poceres in Ruak'ats 24 2 Derivation a Cassel Arabic 3e 30 Compounding process 40 33 Mandarin Chinese compounes «5 32 Nous iecorporton 32 2 Concison 35 2 Lescalain pater: seman tracar ole frms nmi atom Bey 20 Induction 57 81 Charter of lescalzation 59 02 Stech of moton event. 60 fo The ver erB08" sTErHeN a: ANDERSON axD EOWARD &, KEEWAN example, was taken by Boas tobe a pervsive (ete of wtecaces in ‘is language of majo typologies signiscance. Other languages capi the same notions to a considerably smal exe (econ tg ee lexicons), although a minimal person/aumber sytem ond i lene, ‘vo-term spatial €emonstaive pte tem to be eet 6 Causative verb formation and other verb-deriving morphology* BERNARD COMRIE 1 this chaper, we ace concerned with that part of dsvatont sly ig wih he eatin of ew res wi oct {ising verbs (estos 1-3) ot from other pars of speech ection 1) Speci anton fas been given to east vrts Geton 3), est es ae a source of great interest at presen, not only besa of he important rol they Ply in the derivational merpbology of many langtgcs, but ao Because ofthe way this analy ogi» comples sptcich combining syns, semantic, and margology. Many of te oer problems in dealing wih Scivation! torgoley fan be usted io a pacseuarty clear way wate examples of essen, and iis we have wad doi secuon Secon (verb dena rom tet irs of spech) and, toa lesser extent, section 3 (vets deed fom ‘eit without valeny change). are intend pac tisate some te kinds of seman elation that had tween deed eb and the fom they re derived fom, rather han provide a comple and spematic clasifeaion of such telatons: such an dcouat seem lnposbe, es fo the peters {Genera robles that wl orcur tcoushout hcp, indeed stroughout ths volte, include the dividngsine bewesn desaonal ‘norpology and syn epa ialectionl morphoigy onthe one hand, beoreen derivations morphology andthe lencon ar sts lst on the ote second set of problems is concerned wih the Section of fertation, In mary intancer, the secon of detvaton sen om the foc one or saa tht inking inthe othe fom wich itean be considered to be derived, Ofer, however one fs tha eah foe hava difeen as. o¢ tha there's na segmentble orphese Aifecence. (te ference being. shown, for_istanee. by vowel Slteraton: nase cases often cult desde ether on ot Should be derwee (om he thee, or whether a relat! desvaton ‘ould be eubshed. or whether perhaps bot forms sould be dere