Person marking of the recipient on the verb
This parameter considers the degree to which person marking (PM) of the recipient argument1 (indirect object) on transitive verbs is obligatory. Verbs in active voice expressing conscious, willful action should be chosen, and the first- and second-person recipients should be examined as well. Marking refers to any morphological strategy.2 If a language requires specific circumstances for the application of person marking of the recipient on the verb, examples displaying those circumstances should be considered, and the language should be analyzed as showing the recipient agreement.
Types:
NoRecM: Ditransitive verbs do not morphologically mark the person of the recipient.
RecM: Ditransitive verbs show agreement with the recipient in terms of person, regardless of whether the recipient appears as a noun or pronoun.
RecMN: Ditransitive verbs only show agreement with the recipient in terms of person if the recipient appears as a noun.3
RecMnotN: Ditransitive verbs only show agreement with the recipient in terms of person if the recipient does not appear as a noun.4
RecMnon3: Ditransitive verbs only show agreement with the recipient in terms of person if the recipient is first or second person.5
1: Recipient refers to the third argument of a ditransitive verb in active voice, after the agent and patient. This argument represents the recipient or beneficiary of the action; for the verb give, the recipient is the person to whom the object is given.
2: Morphological marking includes the use of non-independent person pronouns or clitics that attach to a word or phrase other than the verb. To be considered an independent pronoun, a pronoun must be able to appear in functions other than verbal agreement
3: Agreement is not shown if the recipient appears as a personal pronoun.
4: The recipient appears as an independent personal pronoun or it does not appear in the sentence as an independent word.
5: Agreement is not shown if the recipient appears as a third-person noun or is otherwise understood to be third person.