CAUSATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS WITH PERMISSIVE SEMANTICS IN THE AVAR LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of one of the unexplored aspects of the Avar language causative – the semantic structure of the permissive type of causation. The semantic features of the subject and object play a decisive role in determining the types of causative situations. Based on the deep structure of the causative structure, the relationship of the nominal members of the structure is presented in the Avar language in two types. The first type is characterized by the fact that the subject is active both physically and mentally; he is both the initiator and the performer of the action. The subject is a passive participant in the events, both physically and emotionally. This type is most widespread in the language. Less common is the second type, which is characterized by the fact that the subject is mentally active and physically passive, he is only the initiator of the action, and the performer of the action is the object of causation. The physical activity of the subject is accompanied by the passivity of his will. This semantic type is called the permissive type of causation.