Attributive possession in 19th century Mauritian Creole
The paper examines the attributive possessive structures attested in 19th century Mauritian Creole. It is first shown that these include a construction with the preposition pou ‘for’, which has not been mentioned in the literature. The situation in Mauritian Creole is then compared to that i...
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doaj-51f2576d5eba47eb9be4c91e031cd1ca2021-09-13T10:08:19ZdeuBern Open PublishingLinguistik Online1615-30142016-04-0175110.13092/lo.75.2514Attributive possession in 19th century Mauritian CreoleAndrei Avram The paper examines the attributive possessive structures attested in 19th century Mauritian Creole. It is first shown that these include a construction with the preposition pou ‘for’, which has not been mentioned in the literature. The situation in Mauritian Creole is then compared to that in Seychelles Creole, a closely related variety. Also discussed are some of the more general implications of the findings. https://bop.unibe.ch/linguistik-online/article/view/2514 |
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The paper examines the attributive possessive structures attested in 19th century Mauritian Creole. It is first shown that these include a construction with the preposition pou ‘for’, which has not been mentioned in the literature. The situation in Mauritian Creole is then compared to that in Seychelles Creole, a closely related variety. Also discussed are some of the more general implications of the findings.
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