Benefactives and malefactives [[electronic resource] ] : typological perspectives and case studies / / edited by Fernando Zúñiga, Seppo Kittilä

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781036403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-55854-4; 9786612558542; 90-272-8831-3
• Descrizione fisica: x, 440 p
• Collana: Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; 92
• Altri autori (Persone): ZúñigaFernando; KittiläSeppo
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Benefactive constructions; Grammar, Comparative and general - Case; Case grammar
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: benefaction and malefaction from a cross-linguistic perspective / Seppo Kittilä & Fernando Zúñiga -- Benefactive applicative periphrases: A typological approach / Denis Creissels -- Cross-linguistic categorization of benefactives by event structure: A preliminary framework for benefactive typology / Tomoko Yamashita Smith -- An areal and cross-linguistic study of benefactive and malefactive constructions / Paula Radetzky & Tomoko Smith -- The role of benefactives and related notions in the typology of purpose clauses / Karsten Schmidtke-Bode -- Benefactive and malefactive uses of Salish applicatives / Kaoru Kiyosawa & Donna B. Gerdts -- Beneficiaries and recipients in Toba (Guaycurú) / Marisa Censabella -- Benefactive and malefactive applicativization in Mapudungun / Fernando Zúñiga -- The benefactive semantic potential of "caused reception" constructions: A case study of English, German, French, and Dutch / Timothy Colleman -- Beneficiary coding in Finnish / Seppo Kittilä -- Benefactives in Laz / René Lacroix -- Benefactive and malefactive verb extensions in the Koalib verb system / Nicolas Quint ; -- Benefactives and malefactives in Gumer (Gurage) / Sascha Völlmin -- A "reflexive benefactive" in Chamba-Daka (Adamawa branch, Niger-Congo family) / Raymond Boyd -- Beneficiary and other roles of the dative in Taqshelhiyt / Christian J. Rapold -- Benefactive strategies in Thai / Mathias Jenny -- Korean benefactive particles and their meanings / Jae Jung Song -- Malefactivity in Japanese / Eijiro Tsuboi.