Kausalitat und Argumentrealisierung: Zur Konstruktionsvarianz bei Psychverben am Beispiel europaischer Sprachen

The study questions the semantic difference postulated by research between the various constructional types of psychverb. The difference which is assumed in causal structure is refuted using logico-philosophical and linguistic arguments together with findings from psychological and neurological research into emotion. It is shown that in their causal semantics psychverbs differ characteristically from action verbs. Psychverbs display a bi-directional causal relation, which occasions a variet...