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Example 31-117
Ken ki ten ka sa da ningen yel.
Ken
who
ki
comp
ten
has
ka
neg
sa
prog
da
give
ningen
nobody
yel.
it
Who has some is not giving anyone anything.
Comment:
Although this sentence does not display full NPs, it is still illlustrative for the prototypical order of Recipient and Theme in the language.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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