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Example 16-80
gɔvamɛnt se ì gò giv dɛ family ɔf dos pipu sɔm mɔni
gɔvamɛnt
government
se
say
ì
3sg
gò
fut
giv
give
dɛ
art
family
family
ɔf
of
dos
dem
pipu
people
sɔm
indf
mɔni
money
The government said it would give the families of those people money.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
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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