What is a possessive pronoun?

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

Generic
	A possessive pronoun is a kind of
	What is a personal pronoun?

Sources
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 180
	Mish 1991 918
	Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985 361
	Crystal 1980 248

Context for this page:

Concept module: possessive pronoun
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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