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Example 9-124
Giv Bod di waʧ.
Giv
give
Bod
Bod
di
the
waʧ.
watch
Give Bod the watch.
Comment:
This is part of Example 123 (Feature 60 "Ditransitive ('give') constructions").
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1993
: 242
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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