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Liina Pylkkanen (2001). Root-selecting, Verb-selecting and VoiceP-selecting Causatives.
URL: http://web.mit.edu/liina/Public/Pylkkanen-NELS2001.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2625&langcode=bem (2018-04-26).
Example #1:
b. Naa-butwiish-ya Mwape ulubilo. I.past-run-CAUSE Mwape fast OK: `I made Mwape RUN FAST'Example #2:
b. Naa-mon-an-ya Mwape na Mutumba I.past-see-REC-CAUS Mwape and Mutumba `I made Mwape and Mutumba see each other'Example #3:
c. *Naa-tem-en-eshya Mwape Mutumba iciimuti I-cut-BEN-CAUS M. M. st i ck `I made Mwape cut Mutumba a stick'