Comparative Concept: zero copula (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
zero copula (str)
Typ | strategy |
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Alias(se) | zero copula |
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the strategy of recruiting a construction without any overt coding of predication (i.e. no copula), and without any inflection, for different types of predication. Example: Tiwi purukupaɹli maɹtina 'Purukuparli is boss' simply juxtaposes the referring phrases for 'Purukuparli' and 'boss'. (Section 10.2)