Datapoint Guyanais/Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
In my corpus data, the verb bay 'give' always occurs in a double-object construction, whereas other ditransitive verbs (e.g. dir 'say') may also show the indirect-object construction, just as in Seychelles Creole.
Values 
Double-object construction
- Example 52-1:
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mo manman bat timoun-yanmomymanmanmotherbatbeattimoun-yanchildren-artMy mother beat the children.
Source: Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
- Example 52-19:
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mo ba Georges liv-amoIbagiveGeorgesGeorgeliv-abook-theI gave Georges the book.
Source: Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
- Confidence:
- Intermediate