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Example 13-115
Buckra give de people corn.
Buckra
buckra
give
give
de
det
people
people
corn.
corn
The white man gives the people corn.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 262
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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