Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions

Even though Diu Indo-Portuguese admits a high degree of flexibility with regard to the order of clausal constituents (mostly in response to pragmatic considerations), any order other than S-V-T-R is clearly marked. This order is also the most frequent in the language.

Values

Subject – verb – theme – recipient

Example 39-53:
Yo a da kriãs pə tɛtɛ.
Yo
1sg
a
irr.npst
da
give.inf
kriãs
child
pə
dat
tɛtɛ.
aunt
I will give the children to (my) aunt.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 196

Example 39-117:
Yo mãdo ũ prɛsẽt a mĩ irmã.
Yo
1sg
mãd-o
send-pst
ũ
one
prɛsẽt
present
a
dat
mĩ
1sg.poss
irmã.
sister
I sent a present to my sister.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 192

Confidence:
Certain