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Example 75-152
Enn forshii d fwaen lii vaesh kiimiyeew.
Enn
indf
.
art
.
f
.
sg
forshii
forkful
d
of
fwaen
hay
lii
pl
vaesh
cow
kii-miy-eew.
pst
-give-3.
sbj
.3.
obj
He gave a forkful of hay to the cows.
Comment:
Order: Theme - Recipient - Verb. The Agent-Subject is not expressed overtly.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 101
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – theme – recipient – verb
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