[Lingtyp] RECIPIENT and GIVER?

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at stanford.edu
Sat Aug 10 17:30:03 UTC 2024



> On Aug 10, 2024, at 10:16 AM, Sergey Loesov via Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues,
>  
> In the course of my research into the verb of Old Assyrian, I started feeling a need for a term referring to the participant who is supposed to give/to pay. The one who receives a message is addressee, the one to whom something is given is recipient, and what about one who gives/pays?

I believe the standard terminology is DONOR / PAYER vs. RECIPIENT / PAYEE.

Arnold



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