Greek aspectual verbs and the causative alternation

In this paper we examine a particular type of causative construction in Greek, built
on the basis of the verb matheno ‘learn’ and aspectual verbs like arhizo ‘start’.
Focusing on the latter and building on Amberber (1996) and Anagnostopoulou (2001),
we will analyze causative constructions involving aspectual verbs as a sub-case of
the (anti-)causative alternation. We will further propose to correlate this with the
fact that aspectual verbs in Greek have been shown to be ambiguous between
control and raising interpretations, following Mourounas & Williamson (2019). Finally,
we speculate that the cross-linguistic variation between Greek and English can be
attributed to the cross-linguistic availability of the conative alternation.