(Meadow Mari)

TrCeeObl

TrCeeObl: The causee appears in a non-instrumental oblique case.

(1)ava-žeüdər-žə-lankočkəš-əmpogə-kt-əš.
mother3SGgirl3SGDATfoodACCgatherCAUSPST1.SG
‘The mother made her daughter serve the food.’ (Bradley et al. 2019)

(2)una-mjü-kt-aš
guestACCdrinkCAUSINF
’to give a guest to drink’ (Riese et al. 2022: 393)

(3)kofe-mjü-kt-aš
coffeeACCdrinkCAUSINF
‘to give coffee to drink’ (Riese et al. 2022: 393)

(4)una-lankofe-mjü-kt-aš
guestDATcoffeeACCdrinkCAUSINF
’to give a guest coffee to drink’ (Riese et al. 2022: 393)

In Meadow Mari, the causee of transitive causative constructions appears in dative case (1), (4), (cf. Riese 2022: 393), which the language does not use for instrumental function (cf. parameter “Comitative and instrumental cases”).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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