Datapoint Angolar/Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases

Locative predicators always require a copula, whereas predicative nouns may or may not have a copula; in most cases, however, the copula is absent with predicative nouns.

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Overlap

Example 36-94:
Ê pisikarô.
Ê
he
pisikarô.
fisherman
He is a fisherman.

Source: Maurer 1995: 94

Example 36-95:
Anton alê tha futarô.
Anton
then
alê
king
tha
cop
futarô.
thieve
Then it is the king who is the thief.
French: Alors, le voleur, c'est le roi.

Source: Maurer 1995: 162

Example 36-98:
Ê tha kai.
Ê
he
tha
cop
kai.
house
He is at home.
French: Il est à la maison.

Source: Maurer 1995: 93

Confidence:
Very certain