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Value Possessor-possessum
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
Parameter:
Order of possessor and possessum
References
Meakins & O’Shannessy 2005
;
Meakins 2011c
: 156
Examples
LD an Shadow bin jidan LDtu rumta.
LD
LD
an
and
Shadow
Shadow
bin
pst
jidan
sit
LD-tu
LD-
dat
rum-ta.
room-
loc
LD and Shadow were sitting in LD's room.
See
Meakins 2007
: 212
Wartarra i bin kirt det
ngakparnku hawuj
.
Wartarra
goodness
i
3sg
bin
pst
kirt
break
det
the
ngakparn-ku
frog-
dat
hawuj.
home
Goodness me, he broke the frog's home (the bottle).
See
ACLA database 2003-2006
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