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Example 14-101
He IS in the kitchen.
He
he
IS
cop
in
in
the
the
kitchen.
kitchen
He is in the kitchen.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
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Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Identity
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