Typological Database of the Volga-Kama Finno-Ugric Languages

(Udmurt)

IntrCeeAccP

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

(1)	saša	uža-z.
	Sasha	work‑PST.3SG
	’Sasha worked.’ (Y. S.)

(2)	maša	saša-jez	uža-t-i-z.
	Masha	Sasha‑ACC	work‑CAUS‑PST‑3SG
	’Masha made Sasha work.’ (Tánczos 2015: 99)

(3)	saša	pinal-ez	uža-t-i-z.
	Sasha	child‑ACC	work‑CAUS‑PST‑3SG
	’Sasha made a/the child work.’ (Tánczos 2015: 106)

(4)	saša	kńiga	lydʒ́-i-z.
	Sasha	book	read‑PST‑3SG
	’Sasha read a book.’ (Tánczos 2015: 106)

(5)	saša	kńiga-jez	lydʒ́-i-z.
	Sasha	book‑ACC	read‑PST‑3SG
	’Sasha read the book.’ (Tánczos 2015: 106)

In Udmurt, the causee has accusative case (2)–(3) (Tánczos 2015: 102, 106), irrespective of whether the lexical verb is intransitive (2)–(3) or transitive.

In the case marking of the causee the rules of Differential Object Marking do not apply. In the non-causative constructions of Udmurt, non-specific objects are unmarked (4), whereas specific indefinite and definite objects are morphologically marked (5) (cf. Csúcs 1990: 34, Winkler 2001: 68, Csúcs 2003, É. Kiss – Tánczos 2018). In causatives, however, indefinite causees also have accusative case resulting in ambiguity (3) (Tánczos 2015: 106).

Author: Erika Asztalos

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