possessivedirected
Possessivedirected is a term used in linguistic theory to describe a hypothetical class of grammatical systems in which possession serves as the primary directional cue in the syntax and semantics of clauses. The term is a concatenation of possessive and directed, reflecting the idea that the possessor’s relation to the possessed item shapes how actions are framed, interpreted, or organized in a sentence. The concept appears in discussions of perspective-taking and deictic orientation, particularly in analyses of constructed languages or theoretical models, and it is not a widely adopted label in mainstream grammars of established natural languages.
Typical features proposed for possessivedirected systems include: (1) morphological marking of the possessor that correlates with