Causative
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The document discusses the passive causative construction in linguistics. It defines the passive causative as using a causative verb like have, get, make, or let to indicate that one person caused a second person to do something. Examples are given of active sentences being changed to their passive causative form, such as "I tell him to type the letter" becoming "I let the letter typed by him." The passive causative is used to ask, tell, or order something to be done by someone.
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Causative
- 2. Causative used to indicate that one person caused a second person to do something for the first person
- 3. Kinds of causative: * Active * Passive
- 4. Passive Causative Function: Ask/tell/order something to be done by someone
- 5. Passive Causative S + aux.verb (have/get/make/let) + O2 (usually things) + V3
- 6. Example: I tell him to type the letter Passive Causative : I let the letter typed by him. He will ask the dentist to pull his bad tooth Passive Causative : He will get his bad tooth pulled by the dentist. The teacher asked students to answer the question Passive Causative : The teacher made the question answered by the students. I ask mechanic to repair my car Passive Causative : I have my car repaired by mechanic.