A survey of a number of the world's languages reveals that only those languages that have a transitive verb used to express possession (i.e., Have-languages) also have a transitive verb 'need'. No Be-language lacking a transitive verb for possession has a transitive verb 'need'. This generalization suggests a Hale and Keyser (1993, 2002)-style incorporation approach, whereby nominal 'need' incorporates to an unpronounced verbal HAVE, yielding transitive verbal 'need'.
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机译：一项对世界上许多语言的调查显示，只有那些具有用来表示所有物的及物动词的语言（即Have语言）也才有及物动词“需要”。缺少拥有所有物的及物动词的Be语言没有及物动词“需要”。这种概括暗示了一种Hale and Keyser（1993，2002）风格的并入方法，即名义上的“需要”被并入了一个没有发音的口头HAVE中，产生了可传递的口头“需要”。
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