VERB SUB-CLASSIFICATION: COPULAR VS. NON-COPULAR
VERB SUB-CLASSIFICATION: COPULAR VS. NON-COPULAR
Author(s): Mihaela Miron-FuleaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: syntactic predicate; verbal predicate; nominal predicate; copular verb; predicative clause; subject complement; attributive statement; identity statement.
Summary/Abstract: Unlike in traditional grammar, where the copula (or linking verb) is denied the syntactic role of predicate (“the copula cannot act syntactically as a predicate on its own, but only alongside a subject complement, with which it forms not a verbal but a nominal predicate” – Grammar of the Romanian Academy, 1966), in modern grammar, both the copular and the non-copular verb – when used in personal moods – are regarded as predicate heads (which actualize the syntactic role of predicate).
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: XXIV/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 22-25
- Page Count: 4
