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Example 24-116
Giw wan lohle gen aa letl salan!
Giw
give
wan
det
.
indf
lohle
lolly
gen
prep
aa
det
.
def
.
sg
letl
little
salan!
people
Give that child one lolly!
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Buffett et al. 1988
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and special negator
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
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