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CHAPTER 6

CAUSATIVIZATION AND PASSIVIZATION

7.0 Outline

In this chapter, we have discussed about the causativization and passivization process

in Bhojpuri. This chapter is divided into three sections. Section 7.1 deals with
causativization. Section 7.2 discusses about passivization and section 7.3 summarizes

the finding of this chapter.

6.1 Causativization

Causativization is a valence increasing process in Bhojpuri. Crystal (2003:66) defines
that causative is a term used in grammatical description to refer to the causal

relationship between alternative versions of a sentence. According to Payne
(2003:176) causatives can be divided into three types: lexical, morphological and

periphrastic/analytic. The prototypical case of the analytic causative is where there are
separate predicates expressing the notion of causation and the predicate of the effect

(Comrie 1989:167). There are two types of causative forms are found in Bhojpuri:
Morphological causativization and syntactic causativization.

6.1.1 Morphological causativization

In morphological causative, 'the causative is related to the non-causative predicate by

morphological means, for instance by affixation (Comrie 1989:167). Masica
(1976:41) notes that Indian languages typically have morphologically marked

causative verb stems. Morphological causative process is very productive in Bhojpuri.
Morphological causativization in Bhojpuri can be formed by the following processes.

a. Affixation

In Bhojpuri language a sentence can be derived in transitive and causative form by
suffixing a long vowel - and -Causative marker - and - are suffixed to

the verb stem to obtain the notion of causation.

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a. 

-

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