BENEFACTIVE ROLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

Synonyms:

benefactive role; beneficiary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("benefactive role" is a kind of...):

participant role; semantic role ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)