Re: Copulas

>From: JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON <mpearson@...>
>Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:27:25 -0800
>So how do copular constructions work in other people's conlangs?
>
>Matt.
>
Well, I got to thinking about this and I realized that Graavgaaln is the
only one of my langs that isn't 0 copular.  Graavgaaln copulas work
pretty much like English _be_ except the lang is SOV so its at the end.

I guess I subconsciously edit copulas out of my langs as too English.
(I know that gobs of other langs use copulas, so please don't flame me.
I just think my conlangs start too feel too much like English if they
have all these copulas popping up everywhere.)  But I really like what
someone (I forget who now) did by deviding the copula into four
different words depending on how it connected the subject with the
compliment.  Maybe Graavgaaln needs more than one copula.  (I mean it's
already got more than one "of"!)

Enough bable.

Adam walker
>
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