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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Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2018-04-01
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Series: | Glossa |
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Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/214 |