Byessonov N. Y. Comparative description of causative constructions with the linkverb “make” in English and the link-verbs “робити” and “примушувати” in Ukrainian

Abstract

The article deals with the results of the contrastive analysis of causative constructions with the
link-verb “make” in English and the link-verbs “робити” and “примушувати” in Ukrainian.
Convergent and divergent features of the realization by the verbs under consideration of causative
relations are singled out. Nine semantic types of causative constructions with these verbs are
considered. The English verb “make” expresses more semantic types than the Ukrainian verbs
“робити” and “примушувати”. No similar semantic types for the verbs in question have been
observed.