Rara #123
Legacy number: 123
| Number | 123 |
| Phenomenon | the verb 'to eat' grammaticalized as middle or auto-benefactive marker ('to do something for oneself, on one's own'), possibly via a meaning 'to enjoy' |
| Found in | Athpare, Bantawa, Belhare, Lahu (Tibeto-Burman); Ho (Munda, Austro-Asiatic) |
| Domain | semantics — polysemy |
| Type | rarum |
| Keywords | grammaticalization, benefactive |
| Source | Ebert, Karen H. (1998). Finite forms in nonfinite function. Working Paper No. 7, Universität Zürich, Seminar für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft. Bickel, Balthasar (2001). Belhare. In Graham Thurgood & LaPolla Randy J.(eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Curzon Press. |
| Violates | none |
Discussion
Notes
Any connection to ?eat? being grammaticalized as a passive auxiliary in South Asia (Munda, Sinhala, perhaps Bengali), ?to be beaten? = ?to eat a beating??
Comment
Any connection to 'eat' being grammaticalized as a passive auxiliary in South Asia (Munda, Sinhala, perhaps Bengali), 'to be beaten' = 'to eat a beating'?
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