Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases

As a general rule, predicative noun phrases occur with the individual-level copula ɛ/ɛr, whereas the locative copula is equivalent to the stage-level copula te/tiŋ. Counterexamples are rare in the corpus, which is very telling. However, predicate locatives can occur with the ɛ/ɛr and (even more rarely) predicate noun phrases with te/tiŋ.

Values

Identity

Example 39-136:
Mĩ pay ɛ pulis.
Mĩ
1sg.poss
pay
father
ɛ
cop.npst
pulis.
police
My father is a policeman.

Source: Cardoso 2004-2008

Example 39-139:
Mĩ irmãw te Go.
Mĩ
1sg.poss
irmãw
brother
te
cop.npst
Go.
Goa
My brother is in Goa.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 157

Example 39-141:
mĩ kaz ɛ pɛrt də igrej.
mĩ
1sg.poss
kaz
house
ɛ
cop
pɛrt
near
də
of
igrej.
church
My house is near the church.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 154

Confidence:
Certain