This paper examines the transitivity properties of eat and drink verbs crosslinguistically, and shows that they tend not to pattern with prototypical transitive verbs, but show various properties characteristic of intransitives. This is explained in terms of the transitivity model developed in Næss (2007), where a prototypical transitive clause is defined as a clause showing maximal semantic distinction between the agent and patient in terms of their role in the event. A core semantic characteristic of eat and drink verbs is having an affected agent: eating and drinking are acts performed by an agent in order to achieve an effect on himself. Since affected agents are not maximally semantically distinct from patients, eat and drink verbs are not prototypically transitive.
2023. Metaphors and culturally unique idioms of eating and drinking in Mongolian. Language and Cognition 15:1 ► pp. 173 ff.
Akumbu, Pius W. & Roland Kießling
2021. Literal and metaphorical usages of Babanki EAT and DRINK verbs. Afrika und Übersee 94 ► pp. 1 ff.
Chang, Kai Hsuan
2021. Re-Picturing the Reception of the Spirit with Ritual Experience: The Role of Baptism in 1 Corinthians 12:13. Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture► pp. 014610792110452 ff.
Chang, Kai Hsuan
2022. Re-Picturing the Reception of the Spirit with Ritual Experience: The Role of Baptism in 1 Corinthians 12:13. Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture 52:3 ► pp. 182 ff.
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