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Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
Examples
They married, she give this fellow all her husband clothes, you know?
[...]
[...]
she
3sg
.
f
give
give
this
dem
fellow
person
all
all
her
3sg
.
f
.
poss
husband
husband
clothes
clothes
[...].
[...]
[They got married, and] she gave this person all her husband’s clothes [...].
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