Re: Copulas
From: | some Cook, Himes, or Concepcion <dennis@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 2:17 |
Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> I get the strong feeling that "zero copula" is one of the most popular
> conlang features. Teonaht has it, and in my perusal of other's =
conlangs,
> I see it all over the place, like the ergative. How right am I? <G>
In Gladilatian, every sentence is a zero copula. You can't get more
all over the place than that.
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Dennis Paul Himes <> dennis@himes.connix.com
homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm
Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm
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Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle
brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance =
as
the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse =
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