[Lingtyp] benefactives

[Randy J. LaPolla]

Dear Sergey,
Here is an English translation of a paper I published in Chinese in 2007 in which we argue that the benefactive applicative in the Rawang language of  Kachin State, Myanmar, derives from the verb ’to do’. This source for a benefactive seems to not have been attested before.

Hope it is useful.

Randy



> On 6 May 2024, at 10:57 PM, Sergey Loesov via Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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