Comparative Concept: nonpredicational construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
nonpredicational construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | nonpredicational construction • nonpredicational clause |
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Definition
a clause that is defined by a function other than the topic–comment ( predication) function, i.e. a clause that express the thetic or identificational functions. Examples: There's a jaguar! (thetic) and Sally is the winner (identificational) are examples of nonpredicational clauses. (Section 10.1.2)