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Example 21-118
I buy chok
give
you.
I
1sg
buy
buy
chok
congee
give
give
you.
2p
I buy/bought rice congee for you.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
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