Abstract
This study investigated causative expressions in the “Science and Engineering Spoken Japanese Corpus.” The findings are: 1) Sentences with inanimate causative objects are far more common than those with animate causative objects, and most are transitive. 2) Causative verb patterns included (a) giving/receiving expressions, (b) te-form verbs indicating procedures, and (c) forms like -tai, -(y)oo, and -te iku. 3)Kango-verbs (having both transitivity and intransitivity) often appeared in saseru forms. Through our analysis, we found that these forms emphasized the difficulty of realizing a situation, expressed indirect causality, or marked transitive verb sentences.
https://ror.org/03zyp6p76 
