[Lingtyp] benefactives

[Daniel Ross]

Dear Sergey,

Here are some specific sources for benefactives:

1. Ventive (toward-speaker directional or associated motion) markers, as
summarized for example in this recent dissertation:
Fix, S. A. 2021. The Semantics of a Semitic Ventive in Cognitive
Perspective: Akkadian Ventive Construals Based on Lexical Verb Types.
Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Ph.D. dissertation.
https://hdl.handle.net/1961/cuislandora:223941

2. The verbs give/take in some (especially eastern Eurasian) languages can
take on contrastive benefactive (to other) and self-benefactive functions,
such as discussed under the term "version" for Turkic languages, although
there seems to be some variation with regard to whether the affectedness is
necessarily positive (benefactive) vs. negative in some cases. Here are a
few relevant publications that mention the topic:
Anderson, Gregory D. S. 2006. Auxiliary verb constructions. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199280315.001.0001
[=brief summary pages 35-37]
Anderson, Gregory D. S. 2011. Auxiliary Verb Constructions (and Other
Complex Predicate Types): A Functional–Constructional Overview. Language
and Linguistics Compass 5(11). 795–828.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-818X.2011.00311.x [=also brief summary page
800]
Johanson, Lars. 2021. Turkic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139016704 [=pages 611-613]
(This function for 'give' but not 'take' is also mentioned by Kuteva,
Tania, Bernd Heine, Bo Hong, Haiping Long, Heiko Narrog & Seongha Rhee.
2019. World Lexicon of Grammaticalization. 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316479704)

Daniel


On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 10:00 PM NAM Deokhyun via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> Dear Prof. Loesov,
>
>
> I add the following chapter, which discusses diachronic changes in
> different languages from verbs to benefactive/recipient adpositions or case
> markers.
>
>
> Lord, Carol. 1993. Verbs and recipient/benefactive marking. In Carol Lord, *Historical
> change in serial verb constructions* [Typological Studies in Language
> 26], 31-45. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Dokyon (Deokhyun Nam)
>
> 2024年5月6日(月) 23:57 Sergey Loesov via Lingtyp <
> lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>:
>
>> Dear typologists,
>>
>> I would greatly appreciate it if you could suggest me studies on the
>> diachronic origins of benefactive markers across the languages of the world.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Sergey
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