Abstract: The thesis focuses on the fusion of verbs of contact by impact into caused-motion construction. Hit verbs are supposed to fuse into caused-motion construction while strike verbs are not. However, the corpus data of verbs of contact by impact in caused-motion construction show that it is unnecessary for a clear cut between the two subclasses of verbs. Only if the construal profiles the impact brought about the hitting action, rather than instrument or body part, the action could be connected to the caused-motion event and the verbs fuse into the construction. The different semantic features also connect the verbs to different variants of caused-motion event to different degrees.