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How does expressing possession vary across language families?
Related: https://english.stackexchange.com/q/126519/17952Backstory:I recently was explaining a couple of Marathi phrases to my friend, and I realized that the language doesn't have the word "to have"....
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The WALS (World Atlas of Language Structures) provides an account.The five values of the parameter in their analysis are:Locational (possessor marked by locative case/adposition; 48/240...
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