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Example 17-2
dì wuman ìm mòto
dì
art
.
def
wuman
woman
ìm
3sg
.
poss
mòto
car
the woman’s car
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 144
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Person-indexing on possessum
Independent pronominal possessors: Special word plus dependent pronominal possessor
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