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Madeline1987 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Benefactives
I am having a little trouble with Benefactives. Perhaps I am not to clear on the term.
In terms of Benefactive for-phrases you can have something like
Susan made a quiche (for Bob)
(For Bob ) would be an adjunct where the verb made must be followed by an argument.
What about something like..
Susan made Bob a quiche.
There is no adjunct in this case and Bob is interfering between the Verb and theme. What does this say about Benefactives?
In terms of Benefactive for-phrases you can have something like
Susan made a quiche (for Bob)
(For Bob ) would be an adjunct where the verb made must be followed by an argument.
What about something like..
Susan made Bob a quiche.
There is no adjunct in this case and Bob is interfering between the Verb and theme. What does this say about Benefactives?
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) will come up with the answer to your question. I just wanted to comment that as a native speaker, I have been successfully making sentences like "Susan made Bob a quiche" and "Susan made a quiche for Bob" for well more than fifty years without ever once hearing the word "benefactive" before today.
- ) will come up with the answer to your question.
- I just wanted to comment that as a native speaker, I have been successfully making sentences like "Susan made Bob a quiche" and "Susan made a quiche for Bob" for well more than fifty years without ever once hearing the word "benefactive" before today.
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I'm sure someone here (CJ?) will come up with the answer to your question. I just wanted to comment that as a native speaker, I have been successfully making sentences like "Susan made Bob a quiche" and "Susan made a quiche for Bob" for well more than fifty years without ever once hearing the word "benefactive" before today.
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madeline1987...
Susan made a quiche (for Bob)
Susan made Bob a quiche.
... What does this say about Benefactives?It says that they come in two flavors. That is, the benefactive concept can be grammaticalized in more than one way (for some verbs).
CJ
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CalifJim... What does this say about Benefactives?It says that they come in two flavors.
They sound like some new kind of vitamin.
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