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Example 8-135
Siera bai shuuz gi Taam.
Siera
Sarah
bai
buy
shuuz
shoes
gi
give
Taam.
Tom
Sarah bought shoes for Tom.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
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Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
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