International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 5

Morphological Causative of Balinese Language

  • Author:
  • I Wayan Ana
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 518 to 531

Udayana University, Bali-Indonesia

Online published on 10 March, 2016.

Abstract

Causative verb of Balinese is morphologically formed by adding suffix {-ang} and {-in} to the base. The classes of base used to form these causative verbs are noun, adjective and verb. However, it was not all verbs affixed with those suffixes constitute causative verbs, there must certain conditions to be complied in the causative construction, such as, the causing event (causer), the caused event and the effect or result (cause). The semantic concept of causative construction is the subject argument performs an act.