The role of the verbs “to make” and “faire” in the expression of the notion of coercion

Abstract

The article deals with the role of the verbs "to make" and "faire" in the expression of the notion of coercion. Firstly, a brief explanation of the concept of coercion is presented from different aspects, the phenomenon of impact which forms a part of the structure of this conception, especially, is stressed. After this, the research of the verbs "to make" and "faire” which express namely this impact is presented. It is known that there are some research works about the verbs “to make” and “faire” which express the causality. In those research works just the analysis of some features of these linguistic units is presented, but the reasons of the expression of the process of impact by means of namely these linguistic units aren’t explained. That is why in this article this point assumes particular importance, the reasons of the expression of this impact by means of namely “to make” and “faire” are investigated and explained on the grounds of the definite objective laws of language. In order to learning the reasons of the expression of impact by means of these linguistic units they are analysed and investigated like both lexical and functional units. In the research process it is clarified that the extensive semantic opportunities and the transitivity of these verbs allow them to function as a grammatical form which express impact categorically. As well, both of these linguistic units which belong to two different languages are analysed in comparative way, their similar and different features are determined.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n19p381