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Value Adpositional or case marking of possessor
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Marking of possessor noun phrases
References
Winford 2000
Examples
a buba fu a tigri
a
det
buba
skin
fu
of
a
det
tigri
tiger
the tiger’s pelt
See
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 37
A plan fu a Masra e go doro.
A
det
plan
plan
fu
of
a
det
Masra
Master
e
ipfv
go
go
doro.
through
The Lord’s plan continues.
See
Winford 2000
: 118
Ma fa a pikin fu Oom N du dede dan?
Ma
but
fa
how
a
det
pikin
child
fu
of
Oom
Uncle
N
n
du
do
dede
die
dan?
then
But how did Uncle N’s child actually die, then?
See
Winford 2002
: 402
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