Beneficiary

The term beneficiary refers to a semantic role, generally defined as the (animate) participant who benefits from an action.

• “the animate entity on whose behalf an activity is carried out” (Blake 1994:70)
• “Notionally, Beneficiaries refer generally to animate beings indirectly affected by the action with a possible distinction between the notional roles of recipient and beneficiary.” (Palmer 1994:10)

Synonym

benefactive (role)

References

• Blake, Barry. (1994) Case. Cambridge: University Press.
• Palmer, F.R. (1994) Grammatical Roles and Relations. Cambridge: University Press.

Other languages

German Benefizient, Nutznießer