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Value Variable copula
Language:
Singlish
Parameter:
Predicative adjectives
References
Ansaldo 2009
: 140
Examples
Your book is nicer.
Your
2.
poss
book
book
is
cop
nicer.
nice.
comp
Your book is nicer.
See
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 70
Cos I lazy, I don’t want to draw the curtain.
Cos
because
I
1sg
lazy,
lazy
I
1sg
don’t
do.
neg
want
want
to
to
draw
draw
the
det
curtain.
curtain
Because I am lazy, I don’t want to draw the curtain.
See
Fong 2004
: 83
Careful, laksa very hot.
Careful,
careful
laksa
laksa
very
very
hot.
hot
Be careful, the laksa is very hot.
See
Ansaldo 2009
: 140
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