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Example 47-3
Maria a duna Wanchu un buki.
Maria
Maria
a
pfv
duna
give
Wanchu
Wanchu
un
indf
buki.
book
Maria gave Wanchu a book.
Type:
both elicited and naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg and Muysken 1995
: 209
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
'Give' serial verb constructions: No ‘give’ serials exist
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