Concept: possessional clause

Definition

A possessional clause (a cover term) is an appertentive clause or a predpossessive clause.

Comments

This term is from Haspelmath (2025: 13).

Croft's comparative concept
possession clause:

possession clause (cxn): clauses in which a possession relation is expressed, either predicationally or presentationally. These two types of possession clauses are predicational possession and presentational possession, respectively. (Section 10.4.2)

Sources
Haspelmath 2025