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Example 20-80
刦急頓地士(口掗)打
Give captain thisee order.
Give
give
captain
captain
thisee
dem
order.
order
Give this order to the captain.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.64
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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