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Example 23-73
mi harem wan woman i stap krae long haos blong yu, ating woman blong yu
mi
1sg
harem
hear
wan
indf
woman
woman
i
agr
stap
stay
krae
cry
long
loc
haos
house
blong
poss
yu,
2sg
ating
probably
woman
woman
blong
poss
yu
2sg
I heard a woman crying out in your house, I think it was your wife.
Comment:
This illustrates the dependent pronominal possessor.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Identical to dependent pronominal possessor
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