
Predicative possession refers to indefinite, alienable possession. Sentences like <i>This bike is Johnâ€™s</i> or <i>I have two eyes</i> are thus excluded.<br><br>

The language encodes this with a transitive <i>have</i>-type verb, as in English <i>John has a guitar</i>. In this type, the verb <i>have</i> is a possessive predicate which takes the possessor as its subject and the possessee as its object. See Stassen (2008).

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>Stassen, Leon. 2008. Predicative Possession.
In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 117. Available online at <a href=â€http://wals.info/feature/117â€> http://wals.info/feature/117</a href>. 	
