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Example 25-93
Hi got rul yet, mai matha.
Hi
3sg
got
have
rul
rule
yet,
yet/still
mai
1sg
.
poss
matha.
mother
She still keeps the traditions, my mother.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the transitive possessive verb and the fact that the 3rd person singular pronoun is unmarked for gender.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: No gender distinctions
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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