6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

27 The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies Margarita Dubrovina Some Additions to the Interpretation of the Meaning of the Causative in the Turkic Languages In the present report, the author makes an attempt to revert to the study of Turkic collateral category from the standpoint of theoretical linguistics. The author's attention was drawn to unusual for European languages using of the causative form in some Turkic languages (in Turkish, in Yakut). Tradition‑ ally, many linguists believe that the grammatical form of causative signals the connection of action and the object in which the object has been induced to act. According to the opinion of author, this grammatical form is a morpho‑ logical indication, firstly, of the relation between the action and the subject, rather than the object, and secondly, the subject is understood as an initiator of action, in question. Key words: Turkology, verbal categories, verbal derivation, causative, collateral category.