LL-L "Syntax" 2009.03.25 (02) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L - 25 March 2009 - Volume 02
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From: clarkedavid8 at aol.com
Subject: LL-L "Syntax"

There was a thread a while ago about phrases of the type "dem Vater seine
Schuhe" and "Samuel Pepys his book" in lowland dialects and languages. It is
not confined to "Low German" dialects, however: I have before me the books
supplement of today's (25/3/09) copy of the Luxemburger Wort, which contains
a book review entitled "Dem Josy Braun säin neie Krimi". I have noticed this
turn of phrase in Luxembourgish on other occasions. Is it a borrowing from
neighbours to the north?

David Clarke

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