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Example 7-176
Hi na (no) paasta.
Hi
3sg
na
neg
(no)
(
indf
)
paasta.
pastor
He is not a pastor.
Comment:
The copula is absent if the predicate is negated.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Variable copula
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