Re: implicational and factive verbs

Replying to my own question. Oh well.

A friend of mine sent me this. It seems okay, although he is famous
for making the most incredible stuff up, so a word of caution.

If he made the below up OTOH, he should get the Nobel Prize
in Making Stuff Up. He who sent me this is called P-A. I
have no idea who Hans Schröninger is. Hans referred to P-A
as Dr. Jande. P-A is _not_ a doctor.

Anyway...

daniel

> > > > The term "implicative verb" is used in parallel with the terms
> > > > "implicative factive verb" (Karniak, 1988), "implicative
> > > > fact-predicative verb" (Ingland, 1967), "factive predicative
> > > > implicative verb" (Ingland & Hoffmann, 1978), "anti-causal
> > > > infinitive" (e.g. Jurmann, 1983, Chapniac, 1985), "verbal
> > > > implicative" (Dahlkirk, 1991) or just "factive implicative"
> > > > (Grissom, 1997). The term "implicative verb" was introduced
> > > > individually by Soerensen, Langfold and Birkfand in the late 50s and
> > > > is not really in use today. Grissoms term "factive implicative"
> > > > is the most widely used term today, but there is still much
> > > > controversy on which term to use. I prefer the term "anti-causal
> > > > infinitive", since it is the only term that really captures the
> > > > essence of the part of speech in question. However, in the short
> > > > explanation to follow, I will use your term "implicative verb",
> > > > as not to confuse things.
> > > >
> > > > The implicative verbs form the class of verbs that, when used in
> > > > the infinitive, implies an anti-causal relation between the subject
> > > > and the object of the clause and the verb action (or rather
> > > > anti-action) expressed by the implicative verb. If we, for example,
> > > > take a sentence like "Nim ate the banana", the verb "eat" clearly
> > > > implies that Nim have caused the banana to change from not eaten to
> > > > eaten. We thus have an obvious causal relation. However, when we
> > > > change the verb into the infinitive, this relation changes to the
> > > > opposite. We now have "*Nim eat the banana", which does not in any
> > > > way imply that Nim has caused the banana to change. On the contrary,
> > > > the implication is rather that Nim has not (at least not yet) casued
> > > > the banana to change. The verb "eat" used in the proper context is
> > > > thus an example of an implicative verb.
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps...
> > > >
> > > > Hans Schröninger, PhD
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chapniac, Z. (1985) Introducing the anti-causal, New York, Academic
> > > > Press
> > > >
> > > > Dahlkirk, I. (1991) The voice of the verb, Linguistic Inquiry
> > > > 22:18-51
> > > >
> > > > Grissom, P.D. (1997) Facts and implications as verbal features,
> > > > Camebridge, Mass, MIT Press
> > > >
> > > > Ingland, K. (1967) Verbs and verbs, Camebridge, Mass, MIT Press
> > > >
> > > > Ingland, K & Hoffmann, H.R. (1978) An essay on verbs, Camebridge,
> > > > Mass, MIT Press
> > > >
> > > > Jurmann, P. (1983) The way of the world, Camebridge, Mass, MIT Press
> > > >
> > > > Karniak, H.H. (1988) Universal verb categories, Lingua 56:377-398