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Example 3-74
Di womi da tu buku da di mujɛɛ.
Di
def
.
sg
womi
man
da
give
tu
two
buku
book
da
give
di
def
.
sg
mujɛɛ.
woman
The man gave two books to the woman.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Fieldwork data
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – theme – recipient
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