In this paper, I investigate the syntactic and semantic properties of the morphological causative and of the analytic causative in Eastern Armenian. Based on evidence from binding, adverbial scope and the interpretation of the causee, we will show that the two causative constructions display distinct clausal properties. In particular, we argue that the morphological causative includes a single event (i.e., is monoclausal) and is formed on predicates that lack external arguments. The analytic causative, however, consists of two events and is formed on predicates that have an external argument.

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