One important concept in all discussions of nonverbal clause constructions (or “non-verbal predication”) is the term “copula” – but what exactly is a copula? Here I continue the discussion of Creissels et al. (2016) (following an earlier blogpost), who distinguish between four strategies (“formal types”) of “predicative marking” in such constructions (p. 15): Continue reading
What is a “copula”, and what is “predicative inflection”? Further comments on Creissels et al. (2026)
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