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Value ‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
'Give' serial verb constructions
References
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 87
Examples
They fry fowl egg, many cake give him.
They
3pl
.
sbj
fry
fry
fowl
fowl
egg,
egg[
pl
]
many
many
cake
cake[
pl
]
give
give
him.
3sg
.
m
.
obj
They fried fowl eggs [and] many cakes for him.
See
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 87
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