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Example 14-94
She not a teacher.
She
she
∅
∅
not
neg
a
a
teacher.
teacher
She is not a teacher.
Comment:
The copula is also variable preceding negation.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
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Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Variable copula
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