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Example 14-96
It's a dog.
It's
3sg
.
n
.
cop
a
a
dog.
dog
It is a dog.
Comment:
The copula must occur with 3rd singular neuter (
it
).
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Variable copula
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