Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’

Similarly to various South Asian languages, Diu Indo-Portuguese tends to assign dative-accusative case to the experiencer argument of sensory verbs, many mental or psychological states, or human arguments which are taken to be the experiencers of an action beyond their control; these are known in the literature as 'Dative Subject Constructions'.

Values

Experiencer is dative Frequency: 70.0%

Example 39-127:
A el te med.
A
dat
el
3sg
te
exist.npst
med.
fear
He is scared (lit. To him is fear).

Source: Cardoso 2009: 181

Confidence:
Certain

Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is non-verbal Frequency: 30.0%

Example 39-128:
Conchita kuməso fika med.
Conchita
Conchita
kuməs-o
begin-pst
fik-a
become-inf
med.
fear
Conchita started getting frightened.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 235

Example 39-129:
El fiko med.
El
3sg
fik-o
become-pst
med.
fear
He was scared.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 326

Confidence:
Intermediate