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Example 9-73
fu
dem own dakta
fu
for
dem
them
own
own
dakta
doctor
their own doctor
Comment:
The prepositional phrase
fu/fi
+ pronoun precedes the N.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1992
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Adpositional phrase preceding the possessum
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