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Equative sentence

An equative (or equational) sentence is a sentence where two entities are equated with each other. For example, the sentence Susan is our president, equates two entities "Susan" and "our president". In English, equatives are typically expressed using a copular verb such as "be", although this is not the only use of this verb. Equative sentences can be…

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IsCopularPredicativeMemberAndrea Moro
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Modern Standard ArabicNominativeIndefinite formDefinite formInterior Salish
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Equative sentence

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related to Okanagan Salish · 12
Equative sentence → As, Colville-Okanagan, DP-DP, English, Interior Salish, Its, Nsyilxcən, Nsyilxcən DP-DP, Rather, The, This, WH-questions
related to Arabic · 6
Equative sentence → Like Russian, Modern Standard Arabic, MSA, Polish, The, This

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equative copula copular two sentences equatives subject predicate clauses cop verb english dp nom clause one demonstrative nsyilxcən shì sentence

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where one NP is a pronouninstance ofequatives0.80text
the other is a nameinstance ofequatives0.80text
are easier to contextualizeinstance ofequatives0.80text
Equative sentencerelated to ArabicThis0.60section
Equative sentencerelated to ArabicModern Standard Arabic0.60section
Equative sentencerelated to ArabicMSA0.60section
Equative sentencerelated to ArabicLike Russian0.60section
Equative sentencerelated to ArabicPolish0.60section
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Equative sentencerelated to Okanagan SalishThis0.60section
Equative sentencerelated to Okanagan SalishInterior Salish0.60section

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