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Example 7-98
fodem pikni
fo-dem
for-
3pl
pikni
child
their child(ren)
Comment:
The benefactive marker precedes the personal possessive pronoun and tends to be represented as one phonological word with it.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 158
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum
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