Definition of benefactive in English:

benefactive

adjective ˌbɛnɪˈfaktɪvˌbenəˈfaktiv

Grammar

Denoting a semantic case or construction that expresses the person or thing that benefits from the action of the verb, for example for you in I bought this for you.
施益体的（一种语义格或语义结构，表示从动词所表述的动作中得益的人或物，如"I bought this for you"中的"for you"）
Example sentencesExamples
- The privative and benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots.
- A key feature of South Efate grammar is the grammaticalisation of a benefactive phrase in pre-verbal position.

noun ˌbɛnɪˈfaktɪvˌbenəˈfaktiv

Grammar

The benefactive case, or a word or expression in it.
施益格，施益格词语
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm going to look at applicatives and benefactives shortly.
- For example in Golin, a Chimbu language of the Papuan highlands, the same overall strategy that produces multi-verb representations for benefactives or motion events does the same for reciprocal situations, by reporting them as complex symmetrical pairings of subevents.
- The association between dative case and recipients or benefactives holds for direct objects and subjects as well as indirect objects.
- Let's look at an example with benefactives: ‘Sam baked a cake for Matilda’ (for Matilda is the benefactive).

Origin

1940s: from Latin benefactus 'capable of giving' + -ive.

Definition of benefactive in US English:

benefactive

adjectiveˌbenəˈfaktiv

Grammar

Denoting a semantic case or construction that expresses the person or thing that benefits from the action of the verb, for example for you in I bought this for you.
施益体的（一种语义格或语义结构，表示从动词所表述的动作中得益的人或物，如"I bought this for you"中的"for you"）
Example sentencesExamples
- A key feature of South Efate grammar is the grammaticalisation of a benefactive phrase in pre-verbal position.
- The privative and benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots.

nounˌbenəˈfaktiv

Grammar

The benefactive case, or a word or expression in it.
施益格，施益格词语
Example sentencesExamples
- The association between dative case and recipients or benefactives holds for direct objects and subjects as well as indirect objects.
- For example in Golin, a Chimbu language of the Papuan highlands, the same overall strategy that produces multi-verb representations for benefactives or motion events does the same for reciprocal situations, by reporting them as complex symmetrical pairings of subevents.
- I'm going to look at applicatives and benefactives shortly.
- Let's look at an example with benefactives: ‘Sam baked a cake for Matilda’ (for Matilda is the benefactive).

Origin

1940s: from Latin benefactus ‘capable of giving’ + -ive.

词汇	benefactive
释义	Definition of benefactive in English: benefactive adjective ˌbɛnɪˈfaktɪvˌbenəˈfaktiv Grammar Denoting a semantic case or construction that expresses the person or thing that benefits from the action of the verb, for example for you in I bought this for you. 施益体的（一种语义格或语义结构，表示从动词所表述的动作中得益的人或物，如"I bought this for you"中的"for you"） Example sentencesExamples The privative and benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots. A key feature of South Efate grammar is the grammaticalisation of a benefactive phrase in pre-verbal position. noun ˌbɛnɪˈfaktɪvˌbenəˈfaktiv Grammar The benefactive case, or a word or expression in it. 施益格，施益格词语 Example sentencesExamples I'm going to look at applicatives and benefactives shortly. For example in Golin, a Chimbu language of the Papuan highlands, the same overall strategy that produces multi-verb representations for benefactives or motion events does the same for reciprocal situations, by reporting them as complex symmetrical pairings of subevents. The association between dative case and recipients or benefactives holds for direct objects and subjects as well as indirect objects. Let's look at an example with benefactives: ‘Sam baked a cake for Matilda’ (for Matilda is the benefactive). Origin 1940s: from Latin benefactus 'capable of giving' + -ive. Definition of benefactive in US English: benefactive adjectiveˌbenəˈfaktiv Grammar Denoting a semantic case or construction that expresses the person or thing that benefits from the action of the verb, for example for you in I bought this for you. 施益体的（一种语义格或语义结构，表示从动词所表述的动作中得益的人或物，如"I bought this for you"中的"for you"） Example sentencesExamples A key feature of South Efate grammar is the grammaticalisation of a benefactive phrase in pre-verbal position. The privative and benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots. nounˌbenəˈfaktiv Grammar The benefactive case, or a word or expression in it. 施益格，施益格词语 Example sentencesExamples The association between dative case and recipients or benefactives holds for direct objects and subjects as well as indirect objects. For example in Golin, a Chimbu language of the Papuan highlands, the same overall strategy that produces multi-verb representations for benefactives or motion events does the same for reciprocal situations, by reporting them as complex symmetrical pairings of subevents. I'm going to look at applicatives and benefactives shortly. Let's look at an example with benefactives: ‘Sam baked a cake for Matilda’ (for Matilda is the benefactive). Origin 1940s: from Latin benefactus ‘capable of giving’ + -ive.
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