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Example 22-67
Em haus bilong dispela man.
Em
3sg
haus
house
bilong
poss
dispela
this
man.
man
That's this man's house.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Dutton and Thomas 1985
: 38
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
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