The benefactive construction in Moulmein Sgaw Karen
It ts generally recognized that the Karen languages are tonal S-V-O languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family (Benedict 1976; Shafer 1974: Weidert 1987). Sgaw Karen. the language investigated in this analysis. represents the largest subgroup within Karenic (Jones 1961:v) with sizeable populati...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179305 |
| Summary: | It ts generally recognized that the Karen languages are tonal S-V-O languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family (Benedict 1976; Shafer 1974: Weidert 1987). Sgaw Karen. the language investigated in this analysis. represents the largest subgroup within Karenic (Jones 1961:v) with sizeable populations living in both Burma and Thailand.
This paper examines the syntactic and semantic features of the benefactive construction in Sgaw Karen with exponent ne2 (<'get.) which contains three core participants: the agent, undergoer and beneficiary (or recipient). |
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