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- [I]n languages where subject precedes object, causee, recipient, and benefactive precede the patient in double object constructions. [...] Correspondingly, in languages where object precedes subject, causee, recipient, and benefactive follow the patient in double object constructions. (en)
- Perhaps subjects precede objects because the subject of an action verb denotes the causal agent ; putting the subject first mirrors the cause coming before the effect. (en)
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