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Example 54-190
Mwen la larg mon kor.
Mwen
1sg
la
prf
larg
let.go
mon
poss
.
1sg
kor.
body
I let myself go.
French:
Je me suis laissée aller (à terre).
Comment:
The construction with
kor
'body' is very rare, not a single example was found in Barat et al. (1977).
Kor
apparently occurs only in certain lexicalized expressions, see Chaudenson (1974: 345).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 345
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part
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