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Example 14-95
I'm happy.
I'm
1sg
.
cop
happy.
happy
I am happy.
Comment:
The copula must occur with 1st person singular.
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
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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