List of contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of contributors ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Benefactive applicative periphrases 29
7. Cross-linguistic categorization of benefactives by event structure 71
8. An areal and cross-linguistic study of benefactive and malefactive constructions 97
9. The role of benefactives and related notions in the typology of purpose clauses 121
10. Benefactive and malefactive uses of Salish applicatives 147
11. Beneficiaries and recipients in Toba (Guaycurú) 185
12. Benefactive and malefactive applicativization in Mapudungun 203
13. The benefactive semantic potential of ‘caused reception’ constructions 219
14. Beneficiary coding in Finnish 245
15. Benefactives in Laz 271
16. Benefactive and malefactive verb extensions in the Koalib very system 295
17. Benefactives and malefactives in Gumer (Gurage) 317
18. A “reflexive benefactive” in Chamba-Daka (Adamawa branch, Niger-Congo family) 331
19. Beneficiary and other roles of the dative in Tashelhiyt 351
20. Benefactive strategies in Thai 377
21. Korean benefactive particles and their meanings 393
22. Malefactivity in Japanese 419
23. Index 437