Re: Copulas

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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