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benefactive role vs participant role

participant role vs benefactive role

benefactive role and participant role both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
benefactive role Yes No No No
participant role Yes No No No
As nouns, participant role is a hypernym of benefactive role; that is, participant role is a word with a broader meaning than benefactive role:
  • benefactive role: the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
  • participant role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Other hypernyms of benefactive role include semantic role.
benefactive role (noun) participant role (noun)
the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Difference between benefactive role and participant role

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