A brooch, a cedar chest, an armoire, a set of china, or a crystal vase. Every family has them: family heirlooms. But while there is a long and voluminous body of research into how indigenous societies ...

Possession in some Austronesian languages shows levels of elaboration far in excess of cross-linguistic norms, while in others it is strikingly unelaborated. The appearance of alienable/inalienable ...