Universal #1983
Legacy number: 1983
| Number | 1977 |
| Original | In a language with optional omission of a copula (under the conditions of <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1981"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, there is a tendency for the optional copula to appear between the subject and complement regardless of its position in constructions where it may not be omitted. |
| Standardized | In a language with optional omission of a copula (under the conditions of <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1981"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">), there is a tendency for the optional copula to appear between the subject and complement regardless of its position in constructions where it may not be omitted. |
| Keywords | copula, zero, order |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | impressionistic |
| Source | Ferguson 1972: 97 |
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