Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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Using a periphrastic construction to express causatives often has the implicature of downplaying the agency of the agent or the degree of compulsion involved in the causation. Said nuances can be fine-tuned further with the choice of the auxiliary verb of causation. | Using a periphrastic construction to express causatives often has the implicature of downplaying the agency of the agent or the degree of compulsion involved in the causation. Said nuances can be fine-tuned further with the choice of the auxiliary verb of causation. | ||
*'' | *''flúotéi'' - 'to cause', a neutral verb. | ||
*'' | *''bēslinái'' - 'to force'. | ||
*'' | *''asqruofái'' - 'to coax, cajole'. | ||
==Derivational morphology== | ==Derivational morphology== | ||