SYSTEM-FUNCTIONAL INTERRELATIONS OF THE VERB’S VOICE CATEGORY IN THE UDMURT LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article analyzes features of functioning of the verb’s voice category in the Udmurt language in interaction with other grammatical categories of the verb, represented by the categories of transitivity, person, number, type, mood, pretense. A feature of functioning of the voice forms of the verb is that causative verbs are formed using the formant -т(ы)- both from transitive and intransitive bases, and reflexive verbs only from transitive ones using affixes -ськ- (-ск-), -иськ- (-ӥськ-). As a result of studying the relationship of the verb voice category, the author finds out that voice in the Udmurt language is associated with the concepts of aspectuality, temporality, modal relations represented by the meanings of request, order, uncertainty, doubt. An important role is played by context of the situation under consideration and the semantic content of the verb base, which gives the content of the reflexive or causative voice form of the verb.