Why nothing is really yours in Asia :)

I happened to meet this guy who does research on linguistics and Applied Artificial Intelligence. He posts interesting questions on the evolution of certain language structures, and does intriguing comparisons between Indian languages and others - and would love to hear other viewpoints and observations, since these are all hypotheses.

Linguistic anthropology is such a fascinating subject!!

Funky language features – the mystery of the missing possessive verb

http://aiaioo.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/funky-language-features-the-mystery-of-the-missing-possessive-verb/

Funky language features – the third spatial deictic reference in Japanese, Korean and Tamil

http://aiaioo.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/funky-language-features-the-third-spatial-deictic-reference-in-japanese-korean-and-tamil/