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Example 20-69
沽厘合刦咧打希
Coolie hap give letter he.
Coolie
coolie
hap
pfv
give
give
letter
letter
he.
3sg
The coolie has given the letter to him.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.39
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – theme – recipient
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