Benefactives and malefactives : typological perspectives and case studies / edited by Fernando Zúñiga, Seppo Kittilä.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zúñiga, Fernando.

Kittilä, Seppo.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; 92.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Benefactive constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Case.

Case grammar.

Physical Description:

x, 440 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This paper attempts to shed new light on malefactivity in Japanese by examining how the adversative interpretation obtains in the Japanese passive constructions, both as a fully grammaticalized constructional meaning and a context-dependent interpretation. Our analysis reveals the general mechanisms underlying the adversative semantics and concomitant syntactic behavior such as valency increase, as well as elucidating the way they interact with language-particular features characteristic of Japanese. The overall picture gained by our analysis points to the importance of viewing adversative constructions in a broader perspective, as something which emerges from the interaction of various factors in the dynamic processes of contextualization and grammaticalization.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612558542

9781282558540

1282558544

9789027288318

9027288313

OCLC:

642206120