TITLE:
The Problems of Transitivity Studies and Its Solution
AUTHORS:
Huijing Wang
KEYWORDS:
Transitivity, Typological View, Cognitive Approach
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.3 No.10,
October
27,
2015
ABSTRACT: Transitivity is an important grammatical issue and has been a hot topic in linguistic theories. It has been studied from different approaches. This paper aims to describe the main features and propositions about transitivity in the view of different theories. After pointing out the unsolved problems of traditional and typological views, the paper believes that cognitive approach to transitivity is promising.