[Lingtyp] languages lacking a verb for 'give'

[Maia Ponsonnet]

Hello,
Somewhat tangentially, you may want to look at some of the chapters in this volume?
https://benjamins.com/catalog/cal.29
I can't remember a mention of the phenomenon you describe, but some of the contributions may have clues?
Cheers and kind regards, Maïa


Dr Maïa Ponsonnet
Adjunct Researcher, Discipline of Linguistics

Building M257

The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Hwy, Perth, WA (6009), Australia

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Subject: [Lingtyp] languages lacking a verb for 'give'


I am sending this query on behalf of a colleague.



He wants to know whether anyone knows of a language that lacks a "give" type verb and would express something like "I gave him the book" instead as something like "I presented the book (to him) and he took it". That is, is there a language that can only express a give-type concept with two more analytic clauses?



Matthew Dryer


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