Datapoint African American English/Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’

It is also possible to use the ditransitive verb give with only one object, as in Give my phone. 'Give me my phone'.

Values

Indirect-object construction Frequency: 50.0%

Example 14-77:
Bruce gave the bat to the boy.
Bruce
Bruce
gave
give\pst
the
the
bat
bat
to
to
the
the
boy.
boy
Bruce gave the bat to the boy.
Confidence:
Very certain

Double-object construction Frequency: 50.0%

Example 14-78:
Bruce gave the boy the bat.
Bruce
Bruce
gave
give\pst
the
the
boy
boy
the
the
bat.
bat
Bruce gave the boy the bat.
Confidence:
Very certain