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Order of possessor and possessum
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Possessor-possessum Frequency: 70.0%
Example 29-4:
Karel se motor
Karel
Charles
se
poss
motor
car
Charles' car
Example 29-242:
die kind se toontjie
die
def
.
art
kind
child
se
poss
toontjie
toe
the child's toe
Source:
Donaldson 1993
: 98
Confidence:
Very certain
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Possessum-possessor Frequency: 30.0%
Example 29-5:
die motor van Karel
die
def
.
art
motor
car
van
of
Karel
Charles
Charles' car
Example 29-67:
die huise van die bure
die
def
.
art
huis-e
house-s
van
of
die
def
.
art
bur-e
neighbour-s
the houses of the neighbours
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
Order of possessor and possessum
Source:
Own knowledge
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