The Comitative Possessive. Features:(a) the main verb is the locative/existential item ‘to be’ (which may be zero);(b) the possessor is the subject;(c) the possessed item is constructed as a comitative (marked by an item meaning ‘with’).Evaluation: confirmed for all 61 languages with a conjunctional possessive.The conspicuous fact in all languages with a Comitative Possessive is that they do not have structural NP-coordination. The comitative item ‘with’ is the functional, though not the formal, equivalent of English ‘and’.
The Comitative Possessive. Features:(a) the main verb is the locative/existential item ‘to be’ (which may be zero);(b) the possessor is the subject;(c) the possessed item is constructed as a comitative (marked by an item meaning ‘with’).Evaluation: confirmed for all 61 languages with a conjunctional possessive.The conspicuous fact in all languages with a Comitative Possessive is that they do not have structural NP-coordination. The comitative item ‘with’ is the functional, though not the formal, equivalent of English ‘and’.