Causatives in Maring

Causatives are valence increasing operation where another core argument, a causal agent (causer), is added for expressing semantic or logical effect of causation on the non-causative verb. Causative construction comprises causer –the predicate cause, and causee – caused event (Payne 1997: 176). This paper described formation causatives in Maring, lesser-known Tibeto-Burman language spoken southeaster part Manipur, India. Maring has three causatives, təu-, -kjər pi-. While təu- used direct deriving from adjectives, kjər- indirect causation. On other hand, pi- benefactive marker that also gives causative interpretation. will discuss analyse found their origin, characteristics productivity etc