TY - JOUR TI - Linguistic typology and the Indo-European causative AU - Shields Jr., Kenneth TI - Linguistic typology and the Indo-European causative AB - On the basis of formal correspondences and typological data, it is argued in this brief paper that an etymological connection probably exists between the Indo-European dative suffix *-ei and the Indo-European causative element *-ei- via a morpheme which Song (1996) describes as “PURP.” Most significantly, the paper demonstrates how typological data can serve a primary role in reconstruction rather than a merely evaluative one. VL - 2013 IS - Volume 18, Issue 3 PY - 2013 SN - 1427-8219 C1 - 2084-3836 SP - 147 EP - 152 DO - 10.4467/20843836SE.13.009.0946 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-etymologica-cracoviensia/article/linguistic-typology-and-the-indo-european-causative KW - etymology KW - Indo-European KW - causative KW - dative KW - typology