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Order of possessor and possessum
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Possessor-possessum Frequency: 70.0%
Example 21-4:
Lisa's phonetics lab
Lisa's
Lisa-
poss
phonetics
phonetics
lab
laboratory
Lisa's phonetics laboratory
Example 21-5:
her brother's wedding
her
3p
.
poss
brother's
brother-
poss
wedding
wedding
her brother's wedding
Source:
Lim 2004
: 51
Confidence:
Very certain
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Possessum-possessor Frequency: 30.0%
Example 21-6:
the wedding of her brother
the
det
wedding
wedding
of
of
her
3p
.
poss
brother
brother
the wedding of her brother
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Order of possessor and possessum
Source:
Own knowledge
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