Definition
A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that expresses ownership and relationships like ownership, such as
- kinship, and
- other forms of association.
Examples
English
- my
- mine
Sources 4
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 180
- Mish 1991, 918
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 361
- Crystal 1980, 248