Grammar, Comparative and general--Benefactive constructions
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found: Work cat.: 2010000735: Benefactives and malefactives, 2010.
found: Wikipedia, via www, 8 Jan 2010:(benefactive case is a grammatical case used where English would use "for", "for the benefit of", or "intended for", e.g. "She opened the door for Tom" or "This book is for Bob". This meaning is often incorporated in a dative case)
found: Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, 2003 via Credo reference, Jan. 13, 2010:(benefactive : a term used in some grammatical constructions to refer to a case form or construction whose function in a sentence is to express the notion "on behalf of" or "for the benefit of."
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2010-01-28: new
2010-02-03: revised
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