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===Periphrastic causatives=== | ===Periphrastic causatives=== | ||
Using a periphrastic construction to express causatives often has the implicature of downplaying the agency of the agent or the degree of compulsion involved in the causation. Said | Using a periphrastic construction to express causatives often has the implicature of downplaying the agency of the agent or the degree of compulsion involved in the causation. Said nuances can be fine-tuned further with the choice of the auxiliary verb of causation. | ||
*''flúotêi'' - 'to cause', a neutral verb. | *''flúotêi'' - 'to cause', a neutral verb. | ||