Datapoint Korlai/Marking of pronominal possessors

It is not clear what prompts the postplacement of the possessive determiners, but my hypothesis is that it is determined by discourse factors such as emphasis. This needs to be investigated. Note also that there can be intervening material between the possessive determiner and its modified noun, as shown in Example 50.

Values

Preceding word Frequency: 70.0%

Example 40-48:
[əkə mulɛr] [...] pari pusha-ni tedze-w nə sus pɔrt.
[əkə
[that
mulɛr]
woman]
[...]
[...]
pari
me
pusha-ni
pull-comp
tedze-w
bring-pst
loc
sus
their
pɔrt.
door
[That woman] [...] pulling me, brought me to their door.
Confidence:
Very certain

Following word Frequency: 30.0%

Example 40-49:
ʋɔ tɛ irmãʋ mi, yo tɛ ʋɔ irmã.
ʋɔ
2sg.INFORMAL
be.prs
irmãʋ
brother
mi,
my
yo
1sg
be.prs
ʋɔ
your
irmã.
sister
You are my brother, I am your sister
Example 40-50:
Doy di mãʋ iʧo mi ani trej di nu irgiʋ kam su.
Doy
two
di
day
mãʋ
hand
iʧo
swell.pst
mi
my
ani
and
trej
three
di
day
nu
neg
irgiʋ
get.up.pst
kam
bed
su.
from
Two days my hand swelled and for three days I didn't get out of bed.
Confidence:
Very certain