THE INTERPLAY OF CAUSATIVE AND DESIDERATIVE IN GUAJAJARA

Resumo

The purpose of this paper is to give a data-oriented presentation of the interaction of two interesting structures involving COMP in Guajajara. Causative (CAUS) and Equi- subject clause reorganization (EQUI) as well as the antipassive(ANTI) that obligatorily occurs is DESIDERATIVE-EQUI, are identifiable morpho - syntactically distinct structures. COMP is defined as the presence of a semantic clause functioning as a nominal in a matrix clause.