Datapoint Nigerian Pidgin/Predicative adjectives

Normally constituents with meanings equivalent to predicate adjectives in languages such as English are expressed by stative verbs and therefore do not require a copula. A stative verb may be nominalized, however, and placed after the existential/locative copula dé.

Values

Variable copula

Example 17-120:
Mà pot smo̱l.
Mà
1sg.poss
pot
pot
smo̱l.
be.small
My pot is small.

Source: Faraclas 1996: 224

Example 17-121:
Mà pot de smo̱l.
Mà
1sg.poss
pot
pot
de
cop.loc
smo̱l.
be.small.nmlz
My pot is small (lit. My pot is located in a state of being small).

Source: Faraclas 1996: 224

Confidence:
Very certain