(Komi-Permyak)

CopPred & PredCop

CopPred: The copula precedes the nonverbal predicate.

PredCop: The copula follows the nonverbal predicate.

(1)ʒ́oriʒ́völ-i basök.
flowercoppst.3sgnice
’The flower was nice.’ (L. P.)

(2)ʒ́oriʒ́basök völ-i.
flowernicecoppst.3sg
’The flower was nice.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak, nonverbal predicates usually follow the copula (1) (cf. Lobanova 2017: 46–47, 109–110), but, less commonly, nonverbal predicate – copula orders are also attested (2), also with a pragmatically neutral interpretation (L. P.).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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