Schwarz, Anne (2008) To be or not to be? About the copula system in Buli (GUR). In: Proceedings of the Special World Congress of African Linguistics: exploring the African language connection in the Americas. pp. 263-277. From: Special World Congress of African Linguistics: exploring the African language connection in the Americas, 11-15 August 2008, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Abstract

Outlining the copula system in the Gur language of Buli, semantic and pragmatic distinctions have to be recognized. It is suggested that two copula-reminiscent particles should be analyzed as information structural devices with copula potential.

Item ID:	14871
Item Type:	Conference Item (Presentation)
ISBN:	978-85-7732-121-6
Keywords:	Copula, nominal predication, Gur, information structure
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Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2014 03:10
FoR Codes:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) @ 70% 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200403 Discourse and Pragmatics @ 30%
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