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HASPELMATH, MARTIN (2001). Explaining the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint: A usage-based approach.
URL: http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0998dgh/signalling/haspelmath_ditr.pdf
(Last accessed 2005-02-15).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 3&langcode=aka (2021-09-26).
Example #1:
(41) a. Ámá màà mè sìká.
Ama give 1SG money
'Ama gave me money.'
Example #2:
b. * Ámá màà mè sìká nó.
Ama give 1SG money the
'Ama gave me the money.'
Example #3:
a. Ámá dè sìká nó màà mè.
Ama take money the give 1SG
'Ama gave me the money.' (Lit. 'Ama took the money gave me.')