(Meadow Mari)

RarePfrCC & IntPfrCC

RarePfrCC: Although the dominant strategy for expressing causatives is non-periphrastic, the rare periphrastic causative can also be found.

IntPfrCC: Causatives are expressed through the use of a nonfinite verb form, special verbal mood, and either a verbal case affix or a special particle in the clause expressing the caused event. This type is known as an intentional causative construction.

(1)kuva-murg-a.
grandmother1SGsew3SG
’My grandmother sews.’ (T. E.)

(2)kuva-m-lantuvər-əmurg-ašküšt-em.
grandmother1SGDATshirtACCsewINFask1SG
’I ask my grandmother to sew a shirt.’ (T. E.)

Meadow Mari has no grammaticalized periphrastic causative constructions. Such meanings can be expressed by a combination of verbs like order, tell, ask and the infinitival form of the caused event. The primary means for expressing causation are with the help of morphological markers.

Author: Bogáta Timár


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