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Example 22-6
Ol i katim baksait bilong papa bilong mi long naif.
Ol
3pl
i
pm
katim
cut
baksait
back
bilong
poss
papa
father
bilong
poss
mi
1sg
long
ins
naif.
knife
They cut my father’s back with a knife.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
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