コロケーションから見る使役動詞MAKEとGETの相違
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Causative verbs such as MAKE, GET, etc. are similar in their meaning but not identical. Explanations in dictionaries and references do not seem sufficient enough to grasp the differences of these constructions. In the present paper the author tries to clar the different usage of the causation expressed by <M.4KE + Object+ Infinitive> and <GET + Object+ to-Infinitive>, based on their collocational patterns obtained from the BNC (British National Corpus) , and present them with examples from the corpus so that learners of English can deepen their knowledge of the constructions and put it to practical use. Since collocations differ according to whether the subject or object of the construction is animate/inanimate, this research was conducted in view of this perspective especially in the causative MAKE, which can have either an animate or inanimate subject, and also either an animate or inanimate object. As a result of this study, it has become clear that the causative MAKE has ofien indefinite words as the subject, and collocates uniquely with verbs of physical response. It was also revealed that the causative GET has unique collocational patterns of various kinds expressing difficulty', especially in the lefi cote.xt of the node words.