Value Invariant copula

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases
References
Faraclas 1996: 46-51; Mazzoli 2013

Examples

  1. Ìm bì ticha.
    Ìm
    3sg.sbj
    bì
    cop
    ticha.
    teacher
    S/he is a teacher.

    See Faraclas 1996: 51

  2. Ìm nà ticha.
    Ìm
    3sg.sbj
    nà
    hl
    ticha.
    teacher
    S/he is a teacher.

    See Faraclas 1996: 51