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Example 61-77
Yena lo ticha.
Yena
he
lo
def
.
art
ticha.
teacher
He is a teacher.
Comment:
There is no copula with existential/stative meaning in the language.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: No copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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