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Benefactives and malefactives in Gumer (Gurage)

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2010
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Völlmin, S. (2010). Benefactives and malefactives in Gumer (Gurage). In F. Zúñiga & S. Kittilä (Eds.), Benefactives and malefactives: typological perspectives and case studies (No. 92; pp. 317–330). John Benjamins.

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Gumer (West-Gurage, South Ethiosemitic) has three suffixes to mark objects on the verb: ‘primary object’, ‘benefactive’, ‘malefactive/locative/instrumental’. BEN and MAL can occur with every verb to express in a rather broad sense that the event is ‘to one’s benefit’ or ‘to one’s detriment’. BEN covers the benefactive senses ‘recipient’, ‘deputative’, and ‘plain’. Generally, BEN and MAL express non-core participants. The three suffixes are mutually exclusive: if there are two concurring objects, the most salient candidate is chosen (w

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  • Zúñiga, Fernando
  • Kittilä, Seppo

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Benefactives and malefactives: typological perspectives and case studies

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Amsterdam

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317

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330

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English

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2010

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2010-05-17

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Typological Studies in Language

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0167-7373

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978-90-272-0673-2

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Völlmin, S. (2010). Benefactives and malefactives in Gumer (Gurage). In F. Zúñiga & S. Kittilä (Eds.), Benefactives and malefactives: typological perspectives and case studies (No. 92; pp. 317–330). John Benjamins.

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