Background. The research is focused on the analysis of analytical constructions that denote the causation of joy in the Polish language. We understand the analytical method of causation emotions as the constructions which include an auxiliary verb and nouns of emotion. In the Polish language, such analytical constructions function as wywolywac radośc, dawac radośc, napawac radością, napelniac radością, sprawiac radośc, dawac zadowolenie, wywolywac zadowolenie, sprawiac satysfakcje, dawac satysfakcje. We also regard as the analytical method the objectification of the causation of joy with the help of phraseological units, such as doprowadzac do siуdmego nieba, wprawiac w dobry humor, pogodnie nastroic, wprawiac w zadowolenie, wprawiac w radośc, wprawiac w radosne oslupienie, wprawiac w euforie, wprawiac w szal radości.Purpose. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the semantic structure of analytical causatives which express the causation of joy.Methods. In our study, we use the methods of analysis and classification.Results. We divide analytical constructions which express the caution of joy into the agentive (co-native and non-conative) and non-agentive. Among the non-agentive causatives, we also distinguish two groups depending on the presence or absence of the agent. The first group includes predicates with the causator which denotes the behavior, actions, the characteristic features of the agent, the results of his work, and emotions. The second group includes predicates with the causator which denotes abstract concepts, concrete objects, events, information, phenomena of nature, the world around us, and the works of art.Discussion. We defined that in constructions with inactive causatives, in which there is an agent,the most numerous group includes examples where the causator is represented by the agent behavior and acts. Constructions with the non-agentive causatives, in which the agent is absent, are most fully represented by examples with such causators as abstract concepts, natural phenomena, and the surrounding world.Article received 13.11.2018