Universal #1585

Legacy number: 1585

 Number  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

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Discussion
Notes
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)
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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)