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Example 24-118
Giw some ai ieg!
Giw
give
some
some
ai
1sg
.
ben
ieg!
egg
Give me some eggs!
Comment:
Note the word order in this example: the recipient is inserted between the determiner and the noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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