Value Invariant copula

Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases
References
Cardoso 2009

Examples

  1. Jacob ɛ ũ kɔb.
    Jacob
    Jacob
    ɛ
    cop.npst
    ũ
    one
    kɔb.
    snake
    Jacob is a snake.

    See Cardoso 2009: 154

  2. Mĩ pay ɛ pulis.
    Mĩ
    1sg.poss
    pay
    father
    ɛ
    cop.npst
    pulis.
    police
    My father is a policeman.

    See Cardoso 2004-2008