From Naming Verb to Copula: The Case of Wangerooge Frisian Heit
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DOI: 10.1017/s1470542722000113
Abstract: In the now extinct Frisian dialect of the island of Wangerooge, the naming verb heit ‘to be called’ had partially grammaticalized into a copular verb ‘to be’ competing, to some extent, with the original copula… read more here.
Keywords: verb copula; copula; copular clauses; verb ... See more keywords