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Re: Copulas

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Monday, March 15, 1999, 22:30
Sally Caves 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> >
For the record: -Boreanesian does not have a copula. -The distinction between ergative or nominative is not applicable to Boreanesian as there is only one core argument. -kristian- 8-)