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nonverbal copula strategy (str)
a.k.a. nonverbal copula (strategy)
the strategy for nonprototypical predication that employs an uninflecting copula, typically derived from a personal or demonstrative pronoun, topic marker, or focus marker. Example: Nakanai eia la taua sesele
he is truly a spirituses the demonstrative form la for object predication. (Section 10.2)
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