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Example 7-2
di pikni fo Meivis
di
art
pikni
child
fo
for
Meivis
Mavis
Mavis’ child OR: Mavis' children
Comment:
The benefactive marker precedes the full NP or proper noun possessor or the possessive pronoun, but follows the possessum.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 158
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
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