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(34) a. Proper inclusion<br />

@( @( @( @( <br />

2SG COP Mono<br />

‘You are a Mono person.’<br />

b. Equative<br />

A5A A5A @(@( @(@( @(@( @(@( =>=( =>=( A A A A<br />

3SG RED-COP fa<strong>the</strong>r 1SG NEG<br />

‘He is not my fa<strong>the</strong>r.’<br />

c. Possession<br />

=L(H( =L(H( =L(H( =L(H( =(I( =(I( =(I( =(I( @( @( @( @( J5 J5 J5 J5 ( ( ( ( =<br />

dog DET this COP 3SG <strong>of</strong> 2SG QUEST<br />

‘Is this your dog?’<br />

The verb (I (I (I (I ‘to be’ is employed in existential clauses, possessive clauses (such as<br />

Sally has nineteen cats), predicate adjectives, <strong>and</strong> predicate locatives. It is also used as an<br />

auxiliary in a progressive construction, as discussed above. It can be marked for TAM. In<br />

some constructions, it has an irregular negative form CK CK. CK<br />

Existentials. Examples <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> existential use <strong>of</strong> ( (I ( ( I I I are given in (35). In <strong>the</strong><br />

negative non-future, <strong>the</strong> irregular form CK CK is employed. In <strong>the</strong> negative future, ei<strong>the</strong>r I I I I or<br />

CK CK may be employed.<br />

(35) Existential<br />

a. C=(J C=(J C=(J C=(J I( I( I( I( <br />

chicken be:NF EMPH<br />

‘There is a chicken.’<br />

b. C=(J C=(J C=(J C=(J CK(CK( CK(CK( CK(CK( CK(CK(<br />

AA AA AA AA<br />

chicken RED:NF-be(neg):NF NEG<br />

‘There is no chicken.’<br />

c. *C=(J C=(J C=(J C=(J I(I( I(I( I(I( I(I( AA AA AA AA<br />

chicken RED:NF-be:NF NEG<br />

(unattested)<br />

d. C=(J C=(J C=(J C=(J ( ( ( ( I I I I <br />

chicken SS be:FUT EMPH<br />

‘There will be a chicken.’<br />

e. C=(J C=(J C=(J C=(J ( ( ( ( CK CK AA AA AA AA<br />

chicken SS be(neg):FUT NEG<br />

‘There will not be a chicken.’<br />

f. C=(J C=(J C=(J C=(J ( ( ( ( I I I I AA AA AA AA<br />

chicken SS be:FUT NEG<br />

‘There will not be a chicken.’<br />

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