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Contact in Causation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Anuradha Saksena
Anuradha Saksena*
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Los Angeles, California
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Abstract

The distinction between contactive and non-contactive causation shows up repeatedly in languages (Masica 1976, Chap. 3; Cole 1976), and is claimed by Xolodovič 1969 to be ‘fundamental’ in their description. Arguing against earlier descriptions, this paper provides an alternate analysis of this important contrast.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , December 1982 , pp. 820 - 831
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Copyright © 1982 by Linguistic Society of America

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