The semantics of causatives in pop songs

الملخص EN

This study aims at investigating the meaning of causative constructions as they are used in English pop songs as a simple form of songs that have a popularappeal, for their language could be understood by regular people.

Due to the importance of causation in languages there has been a need to analyze its forms in different discourse fields.

Causation is a “relation between two events” (Von; Martin; Ekkehard; Wulf; &Wolfgang, 2002: p886; Nolan; Elke&Gurdrun; 2015: p2; Guliquin, 2010: p18).

The study follows Dixon's nine semantic parameters(2000) as a model for the analysis.

It tries to shed light on whether this form for the semantics of verbs constructions are used.

The study ends with the result that: as any type of discourse, causative verbs serves to convey a deep meaning for the message of the songs, the songs depend very much on how to employ causation to say what the lyrics try to.

Key Words: Causer, Causative construction, event chain.