2023
DOI: 10.33137/twpl.v46i1.39254
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Unpacking -ish: a bimorphemic account of Kirundi causatives

Willie Myers

Abstract: This paper provides a description and analysis of morphological causative constructions in Kirundi. I show that the causative inter- pretation of Kirundi’s two causative suffixes, -i and -ish, can be explained by a single syntactic structure. To do so, I demonstrate that the phonological and syntactic properties of -ish causatives re- quire a bimorphemic account wherein the suffix is derived from two functionally different heads: an unaccusative v head embedded by a higher Causative head. … Show more

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