- GUARANI POSSESSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS by Maura Velazquez Department of Linguistics, UCSD 1. Introduction In this paper, I will discuss the different ways in which the concept of Possession is encoded in Guarani. I will characterize the conceptual basis of each of the different possessive constructions, and will argue that the formal distinctions reflect under- lying semantic differences. I will show ...crl.ucsd.edu/newsletter/3-6/Article1.html