Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
Faraclas 1996: 58-59

Examples

  1. À giv dì man nyam.
    À
    1sg.sbj
    giv
    give
    art.def
    man
    man
    nyam.
    yam
    I gave the man yams.

    See Faraclas 1996: 59