Alternation ‘Instrumental & benefactive (+ hi + gi)’ (Coded)

A doubly valency increasing operation, that adds two undergoer slots on the verb (one for a benefactive, the other one for an instrument), e.g. A breaks U --> A breaks U for BEN with I. Since the instrumental is considered to be old fashioned, this alternation does not occur very often.

Verb Meaning Verb form Basic coding frame Derived coding frame Occurs Comment # Ex.