The English Counterparts of the Korean Morphological Causative Isomorphism

The English Counterparts of the Korean Morphological Causative Isomorphism

  Song"s (2005) Type 2 of morphological causative verbs is classified as compositional and non-compositional causative verbs. The so-called reflexive verbs are an achievement verb, which lacks a process; hence, they express a non-compositional meaning (i.e., achievements) despite the causative morphology. The causative verbs may bear [+durative] processes. This means that the causative verbs may be accomplishment verbs. Accomplishments consist of subevents mapped onto subintervals at the temporal level, and these are modifiable by adverbs such as keuy "almost"; hence, the morphological causative verbs are really compatible with adverbs like keuy "almost". While the compositional causative verbs bearing a simplex structure are translated into the English causative verbs, the non-compositional causative verbs are translated into the English dative or transitive verbs. The non-compositional meanings of the so-called reflexive verbs are also achievement verbs, which lack a process; hence, non-compositional meaning, even though the sentences are translated into the causative constructions in English.