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Value Subject – verb – theme – recipient
Language:
Ambon Malay
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
van Minde 1997
: 221
Examples
Pombo kasi tongka
for
Kes.
Pombo
dove
kasi
give
tongka
stick
for
to
Kes.
monkey
Dove gave the stick to Monkey.
See
van Minde 1997
: 222
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