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Example 57-79
Maris le reste Saint-Louis
Maris
Maryse
le
si
reste
stay
Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis
Maryse stays at Saint-Louis.
Comment:
In this example,
reste
is considered a copula because it links the subject to the locative phrase.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart fieldwork 1990
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Invariant copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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