Comparative Concept: predicate identity construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
predicate identity construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | predicate identity construction |
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Definition
a complex sentence construction in which the events denoted by the predicate in the two clauses are of the same type. Example: Sumie saw the dog and Norie the cat is an instance of a predicate identity coordinate clause construction: the event denoted by the predicate in both clauses is seeing. (Section 16.5)