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)

Other languages
German Benefizient, Nutznießer