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

[David Gil]

Hi,



In Riau Indonesian, *sama* may optionally occur on either the agent or the
recipient, though not the theme, of (unmarked) 'give'.  However, I've never
observed it to occur on both agent and recipient in the same sentence.



David



Gil, David (2004) "Riau Indonesian *sama*, Explorations in
Macrofunctionality", in M. Haspelmath ed., *Coordinating Constructions*,
Typological Studies in Language 58, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, 371-424.


On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 2:12 PM Pun Ho Lui via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> 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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David Gil

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