Abstract

Verbs, which describe interpersonal events, exist in every language of the world. Examples are to help, to love, to condemn, or to beat. These interpersonal verbs induce causal attributions to either of the interaction partners; this phenomenon is called “implicit causality in language”. In the present study different approaches of explanations of this phenomenon are examined as well as the assumption, that different interpersonal verbs suggest different assumptions about the sex of the interaction partners involved. Results are discussed against the background of actual theories of implicit causality in language.

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