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Example 9-3
Dog pa fi dem pap da wan big dog.
Dog
dog
pa
father
fi
for
dem
them
pap
pup
da
top
wan
a
big
big
dog.
dog
These puppies' father is a big dog.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: 542
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
Predicative noun phrases: Invariant copula
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