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Value Adpositional phrase following the possessum
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Marking of pronominal possessors
References
Winford 1997
Examples
Dan a no man nanga a ouderwets
sani fu en.
Dan
then
a
3sg
no
neg
man
can
nanga
with
a
det
ouderwets
old.fashioned
sani
thing
fu
of
en.
her
Then he can’t put up with her old-fashioned ways.
See
Winford 2000
: 78
Den tu
pikin fu mi
lobi fu nyan bami.
Den
the.
pl
tu
two
pikin
child
fu
of
mi
me
lobi
love
fu
for
nyan
eat
bami.
bami
My two children love to eat bami.
See
Wilner 1992
: 19
den
srafu fu den
den
the.
pl
srafu
slave
fu
of
den
them
their slaves
See
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 37
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