(Meadow Mari)

DitrCeeP

DitrCeeP: The causee appears in the same form as the patient of a non-causative transitive construction.

(1)sašamaša-lankńiga-mpu-a.
SashaMashaDATbookACCgive3SG
’Sasha gives a book to Masha.’ (T. E.)

(2)sašamaša-maljona-lankńiga-mpu-ašjod-eš.
SashaMashaACCAlyonaDATbookACCgiveINFask3SG
’Sasha makes Masha give a book to Alyona.’ (T. E.)

In Meadow Mari the causee of ditransitive causative constructions (2) has the same form (accusative) as the patient argument of a non-causative ditransitive verb (1).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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