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Example 9-141
Dat a stayrafowm.
Dat
that
a
is
stayrafowm.
styrofoam
That's styrofoam.
Comment:
A
may be an old copular element.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 34
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Invariant copula
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