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benefactive role vs semantic role

semantic role vs benefactive role

benefactive role and semantic role both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
benefactive role Yes No No No
semantic role Yes No No No
As nouns, semantic role is a hypernym of benefactive role; that is, semantic 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
  • semantic role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Other hypernyms of benefactive role include participant role.
benefactive role (noun) semantic 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 semantic role

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