• Neutral Transitive, -nt
  • Unstressed Root -nt.
  • Stressed Root -nt

• Causative, -st
  • Unstressed Root Causative -st
  • Stressed Root Causative -st

The transitive and causative suffixes are in the valence slot of the Derivational Stem.

• Transitive Suffixes: -nt, -st, -ɬul

The Grammatical Relation is the subject object relation. Person is 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Number is singular, plural. These suffixes in the GR-PER-NUM slot of the Inflectional Stem.

• Object suffixes: -em, -um, -m, -ci
• Object proclitics: qʷo, qeɁ

• Subject suffixes: -es, -s, -exʷ, -en, -ep, -t, -lt
• Subject proclitic: qeɁ

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What is the difference between transitive and causative?

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References

• Demirdache, Hamida. 1997. ‘Out of Control’ in Salish and Event (De)composition. University of British Columbia.
• Willet, Marie, 2003. A Grammatical Sketch ofNxa’amxcin (Moses-Columbia Salish). Dissertation. University of Victoria, British Columbia.