(Komi-Permyak)

SuffCC

SuffCC: Causation is expressed using a suffix on the action verb.

(1)peslal-ömpaśkömkośm-öötöryn.
washPTCP.PSTdressdryPRS.3SGoutside
’The washed clothes are drying outside.’ (L. P.)

(2)nastakoś-t-öpeslal-ömpaśkömötöryn.
NastyadryCAUSPRS.3SGwashPTCP.PSTdressoutside
’Nastya dries the washed clothes outside.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak, morphological causation is always indicated by a suffix. The marker of this type of causation is the verbal suffix -t- (cf. Bartens 2000: 288–291, Bradley et al. 2022).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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