[Lexicog] meaning and usage of "on me"

[Mike Maxwell]

Kenneth Keyes wrote:
> Just a quick query. Have you thought about the phrase "on me" when 
> preceded by a verb?  
 > ...
> I think it must mean "without my permission", or "against my will". 
>  
> Here are some examples I thought of:
>  
> Don't leave *on me*.
 > ...

I think of it as a sort of benefactive, except that as you mention, it 
has a negative sense--and "malefactive" doesn't sound right.

There are of course benefactives in some dialects of English, and in 
other languages (Spanish comes to mind).  For example:
    I'm gonna get me a new car.
    Here's you a biscuit for your dog.
-- 
	Mike Maxwell
	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu

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