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Universal 1581:

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Universal 1581:

Original
If there are productive complex affixes among the causative affixes, then by means of them causatives can also (or only) be derived from intransitives.
Standardized
If there are productive complex affixes among the causative affixes, then by means of them causatives can also (or only) be derived from intransitives.
Keywords
causative, transitivity
Domain
morphology, syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969, Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1973
Source
Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969: 27, Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1973: 8-9
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Affixes which tend to form causatives from transitives often have a more complicated structure (since they are combinations or reduplications of more simple affixes) than affixes which tend to form causatives from intransitives. (Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1973: 7)

    1. May 2020

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