Equative

Equatives in Gaelic

• In order to express equatives such as 'Cicero is Tully', Gaelic uses the expression below:

'S	e	Cicero	agus	Tully	an	aon	duine.
Cop.Pres	AUG	Cicero	and	Tully	the	same	person
'Cicero and Tully are the same person.' (Adger and Ramchand 2003:340)

rather than:

*'S	e	Cicero	Tully.
Cop.Pres	AUG	Cicero	Tully
'Cicero is idential to Tully.' (Adger and Ramchand 2003:341)

See Also

• Clause (definition)
• Copula (definition)
• Copula

References

• Adger, David and Gillian Ramchand. 2003. Predication and Equation. Linguistic Inquiry 34, 325-359.