Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme

Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions

Examples

  1. Buckra give de people corn.
    Buckra
    buckra
    give
    give
    de
    det
    people
    people
    corn.
    corn
    The white man gives the people corn.

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 262

  2. Yu ɟi ɛwɪ man in yo krɒʊd tɛn sɛnt.
    Yu
    you
    ɟi
    give
    ɛwɪ
    every
    man
    man
    in
    in
    yo
    your
    krɒʊd
    crowd
    tɛn
    ten
    sɛnt.
    cent
    You give every man in your crowd ten cent.

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 286