Concept: causal-noncausal alternation

Definition

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Comments

In Haspelmath (1993), this type of valency alternation was called "causative-inchoative alternation". Some authors called it "(anti)causative" alternation in the past.

Quotation
"The noncausal/causal alternation refers to an opposition between two predicates that denote the same event but differ with respect to causation. The causal predicate describes an event with a causer, specifically an agent or force. The noncausal predicate describes the same event without the involvement of a causer." (Dom et al. 2022)
Sources
Haspelmath 2016; Haspelmath 1993; Dom et al. 2022