Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme

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

Examples

  1. 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