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Example 5-149
ii
bai
lan
gi
ii son
ii
3sg
bai
buy
lan
land
gi
give
ii
poss
.
3sg
son
son
He bought land for his son.
Comment:
The son here is normally interpreted as the recipient of the land. In this context,
gi
does not usually take a beneficiary reading.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
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