Universal #1978

Legacy number: 1978

 Number  1972
 Original  An existential or copulative element tends to be omitted more often in a construction which involves a full predication such as a noun complement, a locative complement, or a clausal subject.
 Standardized  An existential or copulative element tends to be omitted more often in a construction which involves a full predication such as a noun complement, a locative complement, or a clausal subject than otherwise.
 Keywords  verb, existence, copula, zero
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Bengali, impressionistic
 Source  Ferguson 1972: 92

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Discussion
Notes
If exist/cop is omitted in full predication, then it is also omitted otherwise.See ##1977, 1981
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
If exist/cop is omitted in full predication, then it is also omitted otherwise. See <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1977"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1981"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.