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Example 12-82
Yeah, this one, that was Philip's girls – they – he used to have a lot of girl. He used to have a lot of girl.
[...]
[...]
that
dem
was
3pl
.
cop
.
pst
Philip's
Philip.
poss
girl-s
girl-
pl
[...]
[...]
[...] those were Philip’s girls [...]
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
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