Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
Huber 2003: 239

Examples

  1. gɔvamɛnt se ì gò giv dɛ family ɔf dos pipu sɔm mɔni
    gɔvamɛnt
    government
    se
    say
    ì
    3sg
    gò
    fut
    giv
    give
    dɛ
    art
    family
    family
    ɔf
    of
    dos
    dem
    pipu
    people
    sɔm
    indf
    mɔni
    money
    The government said it would give the families of those people money.