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Order of possessor and possessum
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Possessor-possessum
Example 14-3:
Sue house
Sue
Sue
house
house
Sue's house
Example 14-4:
I saw
they
house.
I
I
saw
saw
they-Ø
they-
3pl
.
poss
house
house
I saw their house.
Example 14-11:
It was a nurse and a nurse's aid used to stand up at the door.
It
expl
was
was
a
a
nurse
nurse
and
and
a
a
nurse's
nurse's
aid
aid
used
used
to
to
stand
stand
up
up
at
at
the
the
door.
door
There was a nurse and a nurse's aid who used to stand up at the door.
Source:
Green 2002
: 90
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Language:
African American English
Feature:
Order of possessor and possessum
Source:
Own knowledge
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