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Example 25-257
Wot im skin, wi gata givit im skin na thet men na.
Wot
what
im
3sg
skin,
subsection
wi
1pl
gata
fut
/
oblig
giv-it
give-
tr
im
3sg
skin
subsection
na
now
thet
dem
men
man
na.
now
What's his skin name, we should give that man a skin name.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a double object construction with the ditransitive verb 'give'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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