Albanian (Elbasan). Clitic doubling in VP: order of constituents: Clitic-Verb-Object, 3
Mbreti ja lidhi gishtin djalit me shami | ||||||
mbret-i king(M)-NOM.SG.DEF | ja= DAT.3S::ACC.3SG | lidh-i tie-AOR,3SG | gisht-in finger(M)-ACC.SG.DEF | djal-it boy(M)-OBL.SG.DEF | me with | shami handkerchief(F).DIR.SG |
the king bandaged the youth's finger with a handkerchief |
Type: Naturalistic spoken
Source: Gosturani 2005: 151