Datapoint Bahamian Creole/Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions

Values

Subject – verb – recipient – theme Frequency: 70.0%

Example 12-145:
They married, she give this fellow all her husband clothes, you know?
[...]
[...]
she
3sg.f
give
give
this
dem
fellow
person
all
all
her
3sg.f.poss
husband
husband
clothes
clothes
[...].
[...]
[They got married, and] she gave this person all her husband’s clothes [...].
Confidence:
Very certain

Subject – verb – theme – recipient Frequency: 30.0%

Example 12-146:
[...] the PLP begin to give scholarship to the poor to go abroad.
[...]
[...]
the
def.art
PLP
PLP
begin
begin
to
to
give
give
scholarship
scholarship
to
to
the
def.art
poor
poor
to
to
go
go
abroad.
abroad
[...] the Progressive Liberal Party began to give scholarships to the poor to go abroad.
Confidence:
Certain