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Example 25-11
blanga olgamen daga
blanga
poss
olgamen
woman
daga
food
the woman's food
Comment:
Variety: Roper River. The example illustrates an adpositional possessive expression, the possessor preceding the possessum.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979
: 156
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
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