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Value Possessum-possessor
Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Order of possessor and possessum
References
Meyerhoff nd
;
Meyerhoff 2000a
;
Meyerhoff 2003
;
Meyerhoff 2008
Examples
[...] Rablar, olsem klos blong em we hemi blong lif blong banana we i drae.
[...]
[...]
Rablar,
Rablar
olsem
like
klos
clothes
blong
poss
em
3sg
we
rel
hemi
3sg
.
agr
blong
poss
lif
leaf
blong
poss
banana
banana
we
rel
i
agr
drae.
dry
[...] [They wear] "Rablar", or (as it were) his clothes that are made of dry banana leaf.
See
Meyerhoff 1998
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