Lesson 15: Possessives

Summary

Lesson 15: Possessives is a lesson^[1].

Key Facts

• Lesson 15: Possessives's instance of is recorded as Possessives — instance of (P31): lesson^[2].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's instance of is recorded as Possessives — instance of (P31): scholarly chapter^[3].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's follows is recorded as Possessives — follows (P155): Lesson 14: Your Turn 2^[4].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's followed by is recorded as Possessives — followed by (P156): Lesson 16: Relativizer^[5].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's part of is recorded as Possessives — part of (P361): laadanlanguage.org^[6].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's language of work or name is recorded as Possessives — language of work or name (P407): English^[7].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's language of work or name is recorded as Possessives — language of work or name (P407): Láadan^[8].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's main subject is recorded as Possessives — main subject (P921): possessive^[9].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's work available at URL is recorded as http://laadanlanguage.org/15.html#top^[10].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's title is recorded as Lesson 15: Possessives^[11].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's first line is recorded as To use the Láadan possessive, you must first decide what sort of “ownership” is involved.^[12].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's last line is recorded as Another new word in #20: “to be unable” is a straightforward opposite of “thad” (to be able): “rathad.”^[13].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's copyright status is recorded as Possessives — copyright status (P6216): no known copyright restrictions^[14].
• Lesson 15: Possessives's quotation or excerpt is recorded as In this example we see the “false possessive” (or, as students of other case languages may be comfortable calling it, the “partitive”) case. In Láadan, this is Possessive in form, even though there is no actual ownership involved.^[15].