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Invariant copula
Example 8-111:
Jan a obya-man.
Jan
John
a
cop
obya-man.
witchcraft-man
John is a ritual specialist.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Predicative noun phrases
Source:
Own knowledge
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