Complex copula systems as suppletive allomorphy

Languages are known to vary in the number of verbs they exhibit corresponding to English 'be', in the distribution of such copular verbs, and in the presence or absence of a distinct verb for possession sentences corresponding to English 'have'. This paper offers novel arguments...

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Main Author: Neil Myler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2018-04-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/214