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Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases
Language:
Tiwi
Feature:
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases
by
Johanna Nichols
and
Balthasar Bickel
Value:
No marking
Examples
Sentence igt-1045:
jər ə kəpai ŋara tuwaɹa
jər ə kəpai
crocodile
ŋara
he
tuwaɹa
tail
the crocodile's tail
Sentence igt-1046:
ŋara tuwaɹa jərək ə pai
ŋara
he
tuwaɹa
tail
jərək ə pai
crocodile
id.
Sentence igt-3557:
jərəkəpai tuwaɹa
jərəkəpai
crocodile
tuwaɹa
tail
‘(a/the) crocodile's tail’ (lit. ‘crocodile tail’)
References
Osborne 1974
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