Since, it has been accepted that nonverbal small clauses are headed by a functional head,
Pred 0, whose function is to obligatorily mediate all nonverbal predication. I argue against …

It is standardly assumed that Arabic copula constructions with present tense interpretation
involve either a 'null'copula or a 'pronominal'copula. This paper provides evidence that some …

Copular sentences (sentences of the form A is B) have been prominent on the research
agenda for linguists and philosophers of language since classical antiquity, and continue to …

Recent investigations into the sources of language change have focused on identifying the
systematic patterns of variation across languages and providing generalizations that may …

This paper develops a syntactic account for Kirundi's two" copulas", the inflecting-ri and the
invariant ni. I propose that these two morphemes correspond to two distinct syntactic …

Predication is one of the most basic relations found in syntax, where a sentence most
commonly consists of a verb predicated of a subject. Moreover, it is possible for non-verbal …

This dissertation explores the nature of the copula through a typological investigation of
copular variation in the expression of non-verbal predication in five Great Lakes Bantu …

Dissertation defense: Non-verbal predication and copular variation in Eastern Bantu Page 1 M
Interpretive effects of the copula -ri in Kinyarwanda and Kinyamulenge Aron Finholt University of …

In general, focus in Kisubi is marked with ni, which is multifunctional as a present
progressive marker and a copula. The latter two we treat as cases of predicate focus. Certain …

This paper discusses the morphophonology of demonstrative copulatives in Ndebele. The
focus of the study is on the internal structure of demonstrative copulatives and the …