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Value Subject – verb – theme – recipient
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
Cardoso 2009
Examples
Yo mãdo ũ prɛsẽt a mĩ irmã.
Yo
1sg
mãd-o
send-
pst
ũ
one
prɛsẽt
present
a
dat
mĩ
1sg
.
poss
irmã.
sister
I sent a present to my sister.
See
Cardoso 2009
: 192
Yo a da kriãs pə tɛtɛ.
Yo
1sg
a
irr
.
npst
da
give.
inf
kriãs
child
pə
dat
tɛtɛ.
aunt
I will give the children to (my) aunt.
See
Cardoso 2009
: 196
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