About double causatives in Dargin languages

Mutalov Rasul Osmanovich

The article deals with the formation and functioning of double causatives in Dargin languages. This issue has not previously been the object of special research in the sphere of Dargin languages study. The main attention in the article is paid to the methods of grammatical formation of single causative in Dargin idioms, and to the methods of double causatives formation. It has been established that double causatives are formed by adding derivative –aхъ to the analytical forms of the causative. The results of this research can be helpful to the study of double causatives in other related languages and in typological research.

Keywords:Caucasian languages, Dargin languages, morphology, grammatical categories, increasing derivation, causative, actant changes.