Causative constructions in the Buryat language: ways of expression

The article is devoted to the problem of expressing causativity in the Buryat language. The main purpose of this work is to analyze various ways of forming causative constructions in the Buryat language. Thus, the article notes that the main ways of forming causative constructions in the Buryat language are monopredicative and polypredicative constructions. It is indicated that in the formation of monopredicative constructions, one of the most productive derivations is causation, since in the Buryat language morphological causatives are formed from almost any verb in an affixal way. Significant means of expressing the category of causativity include polypredicative constructions, where causative verbs of volitional influence act as a matrix predicate, and future participles with indicators of accusative and possessive act as predicate actants. It is stated that one of the main features of constructing causative constructions in the Buryat language is the possibility of interchanging monopredicative and polypredicative ways of expression