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Example 69-59
pucəm kandək tandaukənan
pucəm
jungle
kandək
obl
tandaukə-nan
sit/stay-
nonfut
(We) were in the forest.
Comment:
From the cross-linguistic perspective, stance verbs count as copulas.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Postpositions
Predicative locative phrases: Invariant copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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