Review of Research on English and Chinese Causatives

ZHAO Hong-wei; HE Wei

May 2021

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ZHAO Hong-wei, HE Wei. Review of Research on English and Chinese Causatives[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2019, 35(1): 16-23.

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ZHAO Hong-wei, HE Wei. Review of Research on English and Chinese Causatives[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2019, 35(1): 16-23.

ZHAO Hong-wei, HE Wei. Review of Research on English and Chinese Causatives[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2019, 35(1): 16-23.

Citation:

ZHAO Hong-wei, HE Wei. Review of Research on English and Chinese Causatives[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2019, 35(1): 16-23.

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Review of Research on English and Chinese Causatives

ZHAO Hong-wei^1,2,
HE Wei³

1. School of Foreign Studies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
2. School of Humanities and Law, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China;
3. The National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing 100089, China

Received Date: 2018-10-06
Available Online: 2021-05-24

Abstract

Abstract

The paper reviews the research status of English and Chinese causatives at home and abroad, and examines the related researches on the comparative study between English and Chinese causatives.The research on English causatives is mainly concerned with causative verbs and conceptual meaning, and Chinese causatives involve conceptual meaning, research scope,semantic and syntactic features.By reviewing the previous researches,this paper pointes out the existing problems in causative research and provides some suggestions for further research.
- English causatives,
- Chinese causatives,
- comparative study