Tags · Structure Topic marking An element flagged as what the sentence is about. Topics with this tag Pattern How do languages say “I have X”? Some languages use a transitive HAVE verb; others say “at me, X is”, “to me, X is”, or “I-with X”. The same language often switches strategy with what is possessed — inanimate, animate, kin, body-parts. ExistenceLocationPossessionSyncretism +3 Possession → More in this facet Word order 2Adposition 3Case marking 1Syncretism 4Nominal classification 1Colexification 3Expletive subject 1Suppletion 2Negative concord 2Oblique marking 3Multiverb construction 2Valency change 1Auxiliary verb 2
