Datapoint African American English/Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions

Values

Subject – verb – theme – recipient 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

Subject – verb – recipient – theme 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