If a language has several causative affixes, the means for deriving causatives from intransitives are more varied than those for forming causatives from transitive verbs.
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IF there are several causative affixes, THEN the means for deriving causatives from intransitives are more varied than those for forming causatives from transitive verbs.
1. In ancient Telugu (Dravidian), for example, causatives are derived from intransitives by means of five suffixes (-pu, -cu, -ncu, -ccu, -incu), and from transitives by means of two (-incu, -(i)pincu). In Yakut (Turkic), causatives are derived from intransitives by means of four suffixes (-ar, – yar, -t, -tar) and from transitives by means of two (-tar, -t). Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic) has nine and two suffixes, respectively, and in Komi (Permic, Finnic, Uralic) we have two and one.2. This fact indicates that the derivation of causatives from transitives is secondary and evidently appeared later than the formation of causatives from intransitives. (Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969: 26, 1973: 8)
1. In ancient Telugu (Dravidian), for example, causatives are derived from intransitives by means of five suffixes (-pu, -cu, -ncu, -ccu, -incu), and from transitives by means of two (-incu, -(i)pincu). In Yakut (Turkic), causatives are derived from intransitives by means of four suffixes (-ar, – yar, -t, -tar) and from transitives by means of two (-tar, -t). Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic) has nine and two suffixes, respectively, and in Komi (Permic, Finnic, Uralic) we have two and one.2. This fact indicates that the derivation of causatives from transitives is secondary and evidently appeared later than the formation of causatives from intransitives. (Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969: 26, 1973: 8)