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Example 41-3
tiimassu fiiyu
kum
delfassu fiiyu takustumaaski
tiimas-su
Timus-
gen
fiiyu
son
kum
and
delfas-su
Delfus-
gen
fiiyu
son
ta-kustumaa=ski
prs
-practice=
report
Timus’s son and Delfus’s son are practicing, apparently.
Sri Lanka English:
Timus’s son and Delfus’s son are practicing, it seems.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5429
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Differentiation
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Differentiation
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