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Example 2-222
Bori
pikin supu
gi
ma Akuba nanga pikin Anansi.
Bori
cook
pikin
little
supu
soup
gi
give
ma
mother
Akuba
Akuba
nanga
and
pikin
little
Anansi.
spider
Cook a little soup for mother Akuba and little spider.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 39
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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