Knowledge base · Part XII — The Simple Clause and Nonverbal Predication · this topic as a network

98. Predicative Possession: kor, Existential Possession, and isam

How does the language express predicative possession ('X has Y') at the clause level?

The HAVE-construction: transitive kor

How does the transitive verb 'kor' encode the possessor and possessed in a possessive clause?

The verb kor 'to have' is used in expressions meaning 'to have a daughter' or 'to have a son'. (Satō 2008: 354)

Person marking on predicative kor

What person-marking pattern does the transitive verb 'kor' take for the possessor and the possessed noun?

In forms like a-wen-kor sapo, an attributive verb can be analyzed as incorporated into the attributive verb kor. (proposed in Shibatani 1990)

BE-type: existential possession with affiliative nouns

How does the language express possession using existential constructions with affiliative nouns?

Possession other than inalienable possession may be expressed by constructions using the existential verb an (singular) or oka (plural). (Refsing 1986: 161)

Stative possession: kor wa an

How does the language express stative or resultant possession using 'kor wa an'?

Negation of possession

How does the language negate possessive clauses?