Comparative Concept: copula (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
copula (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | copula |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | copula (str) |
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Definition
a strategy in which an additional morpheme is used in nonprototypical predication. Copulas can be divided into verbal copulas and nonverbal copulas. (Sections 1.4, 10.2)