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Example 31-3
Djedje di Djai atxa mudjer bibu.
Djedje
Djedje
di
of
Djai
Djai
atxa
found
mudjer
woman
bibu.
alive
Djedje of Djai's found a woman alive.
Comment:
Djedje of Djai
illustrating the possessum-possessor word order reflects here a kinship type of relationship between Djedje and Djai.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
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