Causive Structures

Causive Structures

1. Causative structures or causative sentences are those in which the doer is not the subject of the sentence.

   • There are two types
     • Those with an agent
     • Those without an agent
       • Are known as passive causatives
         • Can interchangeably have any of the following structures
           • AFFIRMATIVE
             • Agent
               • Have
                 • Object
                   • Participle
                     • to have happened • to happen
                   • Something
                 • • caused • causes • is going to cause
               • Somebody
             • NEGATIVE
               • Agent
                 • Negation of causative
                   • Object
                     • Participle
                       • To happen
                     • Something
                   • Not causing Not forcing Not allowing
                 • Somebody
               • INTERROGATIVE
                 • WH word
                   • Auxiliary Agent Have / Get
                     • Object
                       • Participle
                         • checked yet?
                       • her homework
                     • Has/ She/ Had/Got
                   • (Optional)
   • Characteriztics
     • A protagonist or agent causing the action to be done
       • The use of one of two verbs (have or get) conjugated in any tense or with a modal form
         • The presence of an object receiving the action
           • The inclusion of the action in participle form
             • A context or circumstance for the phrase (sometimes, not always)
     • EXAMPLE
       • The company
         • got
           • another branch office
             • opened.
       • Mr. Tanaka
         • will get
           • the archive
             • signed
               • immediately.