Causative constructions in Kambaata

Abstract

In this work my concern is to describe some linguistic expressions of causation and a useful starting point of the causative construction situation or event as a whole in Kambaata. This description is being thought as it has its own place in Bible Translation. In order to accomplish this study I have come up with four main chapters, the fifth chapter is the conclusion. Chapter one mainly deals with the general background of the Kambaata people group and overall information on the language described and the methodology used in this work. The second chapter has to do with the general information of the verbal categorization in relation to suffixation. The third chapter deals with the actual causative constructions in Kambaata. Chapter four describes how causatives can be applied in discourse. The findings reveal that Kambaata makes use of quite a number of causative constructions that occur even in the discourse. The evidence is given by the Kambaata text in the appendix.