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Example 21-100
Mama (is) at (the) market.
Mama
grandmother
(is)
(
cop
)
at
at
(the)
(
det
)
market.
market
Grandmother is at the market.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Identity
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