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Example 21-51
That book is his one.
That
dem
book
book
is
cop
his
3p
.
poss
one.
poss
That book is his.
Comment:
Postnominal
one
acts as double possessive marker. This is probably a calque of a Sinitic possessive marker/nominalizer/relativizer.
Type:
own knowledge
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 70
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special word plus dependent pronominal possessor
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