(Meadow Mari)
IntrCeeAccP
IntrCeeAccP: The causee appears in the same form as the patient of a non-causative transitive construction.
| (1) | rveze | čij-a. |
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| boy | dress‑3SG |
| ’The boy is getting dressed.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 393) |
| (2) | ava | ergə-žə-m | či-kt-a. |
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| mother | boy‑3SG‑ACC | dress‑CAUS‑3SG |
| ’The mother dresses her son.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 393) |
| (3) | vol’lək | vüta-ške | pur-a |
|---|
| livestock | stable‑ILL | enter‑3SG |
| ’The livestock are going into the stable.’ (T. E.) |
| (4) | ava-m | vol’lək-əm | vüta-ške | pur-t-a. |
|---|
| mother‑1SG | livestock‑ACC | stable‑ILL | enter‑CAUS‑3SG |
| ’My mother is making the livestock go into the stable.’ (T. E.) |
| (5) | kagaz | jom-ən. |
|---|
| paper | be_lost‑PST2.3SG |
| ’The paper got lost.’ (T. E.) |
| (6) | kagaz-əm | jom-dar-en-am. |
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| paper‑ACC | be_lost‑CAUS‑PST2‑1SG |
| ’I lost the paper.’ (T. E.) |
In Meadow Mari, several affixes can be used to express causation. The causee in intransitive constructions appears in accusative case.
Author: Bogáta Timár
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