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Table build go-PST

'The table built.'

b. 

---

I table build-CAU give-PST-1

'I built the table.'

c. 

---

I table build-CAU give-PST-1

'I caused someone to build the table.'

Example (79a) is an intransitive sentence. This sentence is causativized through

transitivization in example (79b). In this process causativization process is done
through adding suffix - to the verb stem. During this process the verb  has

become . But we find also a next degree of derivation of direct causative form

by adding causative second suffix - in sentence (79c), formed into . The

first causative, which is formed by adding suffix - to the non-causative verb stem is
primary, direct and immediate close to the verb stem, while the second causative,

which is formed by adding suffix - to the non-causative verb stem is mediated and

less direct.

b. Internal modification

In the process of internal modification some verb stems are causativised by ablauting
process. In this process intransitive verbs are changed into transitive. For instance:

(80)

a. 

-

Dog die go-PST-3

'The dog is died.'

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