Abstract Murrinhpatha (non-Pama-Nyungan, Australia) is typologically unusual in having a single applicative construction with the semantics of source/malefactive, but never benefactive. In this paper I discuss the development of this applicative from an incorporated body part meaning ‘hand’. I show that the applicative developed from a reanalysis of the external possession construction; and that the applicative morphology developed from the incorporated body part, rather than from a verbal or adpositional source. This contributes to our understanding of the typology of applicative constructions and also highlights the value in exploring the complex verbal constructions of polysynthetic languages to inform our understanding of grammaticalisation possibilities.

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从身体部位到适用部位：在Murrinhpatha中编码“源”

摘要Murrinhpatha（非Pama-Nyungan，澳大利亚）在类型上与众不同，它具有具有源/恶意的语义的单一应用结构，但从来没有受益。在本文中，我从意为“手”的身体部分讨论了此应用程序的发展。我表明，该应用程序是通过对外部所有物构造的重新分析而开发的；并且应用的形态是从合并的身体部位发展而来的，而不是从言语或介词的来源发展而来的。这有助于我们对应用结构的类型学的理解，并突出了探索多合成语言的复杂言语结构的价值，以帮助我们理解语法化的可能性。