Comparative Concept: nonverbal copula strategy (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
nonverbal copula strategy (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | nonverbal copula strategy • nonverbal copula |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | nonverbal copula strategy (str) |
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the strategy for nonprototypical predication that employs an uninflecting copula, typically derived from a personal or demonstrative pronoun, topic marker, or focus marker. Example: Nakanai eia la taua sesele 'he is truly a spirit' uses the demonstrative form la for object predication. (Section 10.2)