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Example 56-119
Mon 'n donn Marcel en mang.
Mon
1sg
'n
prf
donn
give
Marcel
Marcel
en
a
mang.
mango
I gave Marcel a mango.
Comment:
Marcel, the recipient, is not marked.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
Source:
Michaelis and Haspelmath 2003
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
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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