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Example 25-7
san blanga olmen
san
son
blanga
dat
/
poss
olmen
older.man
the son of the man
Comment:
Variety: Roper River. The example illustrates an adpositional possessive expression, the possessor following the possessum.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979
: 156
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
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