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Example 30-164
Mi
ê
invistigador.
Mi
1sg
ê
be
invistigador.
scientist
I am a scientist.
Comment:
Ê
and not
sta
is used, since the predicative noun phrase is not locative but classificatory.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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