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Vincentian Creole
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Order of possessor and possessum
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Possessor-possessum Frequency: 80.0%
Example 7-4:
misa Jesi god fren suhn
misa
Mister
Jesi
Jessie
god
good
fren
friend
suhn
son
Mr Jessie’s good friend’s son
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 160
Confidence:
Very certain
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Possessum-possessor Frequency: 20.0%
Example 7-2:
di pikni fo Meivis
di
art
pikni
child
fo
for
Meivis
Mavis
Mavis’ child OR: Mavis' children
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 158
Example 7-3:
di pikni fo di woman
di
art
pikni
child/children
fo
for
di
art
woman
woman
the woman’s child(ren)
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 158
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Feature:
Order of possessor and possessum
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 158
;
Prescod 2004
: 160
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