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Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
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Subject – verb – theme – recipient Frequency: 50.0%
Example 3-74:
Di womi da tu buku da di mujɛɛ.
Di
def
.
sg
womi
man
da
give
tu
two
buku
book
da
give
di
def
.
sg
mujɛɛ.
woman
The man gave two books to the woman.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Subject – verb – recipient – theme Frequency: 50.0%
Example 3-72:
Di womi da di mujee wan buku.
Di
def
.
sg
womi
man
da
give
di
def
.
sg
mujee
woman
wan
one
buku.
book
The man gave the woman one book.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
Source:
Fieldwork data
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