Universal #1981

Legacy number: 1981

 Number  1975
 Original  When a language with a full copula begins to lose it, or when a language with a zero copula begins to develop one, the use in which the change is initiated is that of identity or equivalence with a noun complement.
 Standardized  When a language with a full copula begins to lose it, or when a language with a zero copula begins to develop one, the use in which the change is initiated is that of identity or equivalence with a noun complement.
 Keywords  copula, zero
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  impressionistic
 Source  Ferguson 1972: 96-97

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See #1977, 1978,
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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=1978"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.