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Example 13-74
The other children could keep
them own
on, and I couldn't keep
mine
on.
The
the
other
other
children
children
could
could
keep
keep
them
3pl
own
own
on,
on
and
and
I
I
couldn't
couldn't
keep
keep
mine
1sg
.
poss
on.
on
The other children could keep theirs on, but I couldn't keep mine on.
Type:
naturalistic spoken or elicited from speaker
Source:
Cunningham 1992
: 19
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special pronoun form
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