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Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
Faraclas 1996
: 58-59
Examples
À giv dì man nyam.
À
1sg
.
sbj
giv
give
dì
art
.
def
man
man
nyam.
yam
I gave the man yams.
See
Faraclas 1996
: 59
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