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'Give' serial verb constructions
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‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
Example 21-118:
I buy chok
give
you.
I
1sg
buy
buy
chok
congee
give
give
you.
2p
I buy/bought rice congee for you.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
'Give' serial verb constructions
Source:
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