What a nominal predicate may mean: eel, merfolk, and other creatures
A nominal predicate construction (NPC; e.g. “Cicero is {Tully/an orator}”) typically indicates the relation of identity or inclusion. NPCs, however, may receive marked interpretations as well, as in “I’m the ham sandwich” and “Their car is a peculiar color”; the former does not entail that the speak...
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De Gruyter
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2023-0126 |
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