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Example 8-95
Mi gi di uman di flowaz.
Mi
1sg
gi
give
di
det
uman
woman
di
det
flowaz.
flower
I gave the woman the flower(s).
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
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Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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