Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals
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June 5th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I have studied a South Slavic dialect spoken in the area of Thessaloniki in Greece which presents the possibility for a zero copula for present (copula ‘be’ is required for TMA markers) unlike the other South Slavic languages and similarly to the other Slavic languages (such as Russian). I hope that this information will interest you.
Adamou E. 2006. Le Nashta. Description d’un parler slave de Grèce en voie de disparition. München: Lincom Europa (Languages of the World/Materials 456)
Nashta (Slavic, Adamou 2006: 65)
(1a)taif’a gulj’ama
family big
‘The family is big.’
(1b)gulj’ama taif’a
big family
‘big family…’