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Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme
Language:
Singlish
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
Examples
The guy gave the girl a bouquet of flowers.
The
det
guy
guy
gave
give.
pst
the
det
girl
girl
a
det
bouquet
bouquet
of
of
flower-s.
flower-
pl
The guy gave the girl a bouquet of flowers.
See
Lim 2004
: 49
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