The property Possessor Noun has the value “yesâ€ when a possessor can precede the noun it modifies in a <a href="/glossary#neutral-context">neutral context</a>. The possessor in this property is not a pronoun. As with all word order properties, we restrict our attention to <a href="/glossary#productive">productive word order</a> patterns.<br>
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 <b>General Note on Word Order Properties</b>: <br>
A "yes" value for Possessor Noun does not exclude a "yes" value for Noun Possessor.<br><br>

<b>NA (Not Applicable)</b>: Since all known languages have possessors and nouns, this property is always defined. 
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Examples:<br><br>
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English is “yesâ€ for Possessor Noun:<br>
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John’s hat<br>
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2.<br>
English is also “yesâ€ for Noun Possessor<br>
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I lived for a while in the apartment of my best friend.<br>
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In this example, the possessor "my best friend" follows the head noun "apartment". Note that even though there is an “ofâ€ separating the head noun and the possessor, it counts as an instance of Noun Possessor.<br>
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In other words, English is “yesâ€ for the property Possessor Noun and the property Noun Possessor.<br><br>

3.<br>
Western Jutlandic (Julien 2005) is “yesâ€ for Possessor Noun.<br>
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Feilberg   sin               bog<br>
Feilberg   refl.poss.sg book<br>
Feilberg's book<br>
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Jens  hans                 støvler<br>
Jens  masc.poss.sg  books<br>
Jens's books<br>
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Note: In Western Jutlandic, even though the possessor is separated from the noun by a possessive pronoun, this counts as an instance of Possessor Noun.<br>
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<b>Reference</b>:<br>
Julien, Marit. 2005. <i>Nominal Phrases from a Scandinavian 
Perspective</i>. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.<br>
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4.<br>
Japanese is “yesâ€ for the property Possessor Noun:<br>
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Ken-no hon<br>
Ken-Gen book<br>
“Ken’s bookâ€<br>
