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What is the most frequent order of possessor and possessed?
Language:
Baure
Feature:
What is the most frequent order of possessor and possessed?
designed by Olga Krasnoukhova
Value:
B
Datapoint contributed by:
Olga Krasnoukhova 2013-12-22
Comment:
In possessive constructions with overt nominal possessor, the word order seems to be possessor following the possessed; while in constructions with pronominal possessor, the possessor precedes the possessed (cf. Danielsen 2007:126,168).
Source:
S.Danielsen, p.c. 20.05.2010
Legal Values and Meanings:
Value
Meaning
?
Not known
A
posser-possedN
B
possedN-posser
C
both orders with neither order dominant
D
both but for specific constructions
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