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Example 32-58
se
káza vs.
d'seu
se
3sg
.
poss
káza
house
vs.
vs.
de
of
seu
3sg
.
poss
his/her house vs. hers/his
Portuguese:
a sua casa vs. dela/dele
Comment:
Here, the independent pronominal possessor is coded by a preposition
de
and a special form.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Independent pronominal possessors: Special preposition plus pronoun
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