[Lingtyp] Giver and recipient sharing the same marking, but the direct object is marked differently

[Pun Ho Lui]

Dear linguists,

I am wondering if there is any case where in the ditransitive ‘give’ construction, the agent (giver) and recipient are marked by the same item, but the theme (or direct object) is marked differently, e.g.:

1SG-NOM give 2SG-NOM  pen
‘I gave you a pen.’

This pattern does not fit well in the conceptual space for core arguments (Croft 2001), so I expect it is not very common across languages.

Thank you.

Warmest,
Pun Ho Lui Joe


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