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Example 22-8
Em dispela meri bilong dispela man ia, em i bin dai ia.
Em
foc
dispela
this
meri
woman
bilong
poss
dispela
this
man
man
ia,
foc
em
3sg
i
pm
bin
pst
dai
die
ia.
foc
It was this man’s wife who died.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 2002
: 166
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
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