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How Do Erg langs handle causative?

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2000, 13:40
Markus Miekk-oja undrade:


> This got me interested. How does a 'truly ergative' lang handle causative > transitive constructions of the kind "I made him buy it" according to them? > (For surely, they must be able to handle them in some way).
This question has been hanging unanswered in the air for nearly a week now. Anyone out there with a good answer to it? Daniel