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    Equatives in linguistics refer to constructions that equate two entities, such as "Susan is our president". In English, equatives typically use a copular verb like "be", though it has other uses. Languages approach equatives differently, with some using copular verbs and others using non-verbal elements like demonstrative pronouns. The term equative also applies to constructions comparing identical degrees, as in "John is as stupid as he is fat".

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    Equatives in linguistics refer to constructions that equate two entities, such as "Susan is our president". In English, equatives typically use a copular verb like "be", though it has other uses. Languages approach equatives differently, with some using copular verbs and others using non-verbal elements like demonstrative pronouns. The term equative also applies to constructions comparing identical degrees, as in "John is as stupid as he is fat".

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    The Term Equative (Or Equational) Is Used in To Refer To Constructions Where Two Entities Are

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    Equatives in linguistics refer to constructions that equate two entities, such as "Susan is our president". In English, equatives typically use a copular verb like "be", though it has other uses. Languages approach equatives differently, with some using copular verbs and others using non-verbal elements like demonstrative pronouns. The term equative also applies to constructions comparing identical degrees, as in "John is as stupid as he is fat".

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    The term 

    equative (or equational) is used in linguistics to refer to constructions where two


    entities are equated with each other. For example, the sentence Susan  is our president, equates two entities
    "Susan" and "our president". In English, equatives are typically expressed using a copular verb such as "be",
    although this is not the only use of this verb. Equatives can be contrasted with predicative constructions where
    one entity is identified as a member of a set, such as Susan is a president.
    Different world languages approach equatives in different ways. The major difference between languages is
    whether or not they use a copular verb or a non-verbal element (e.g. demonstrative pronoun) to equate the two
    expressions.
    The term equative is also sometimes applied to comparative-like constructions in which the degrees compared
    are identical rather than distinct: e.g., John is as stupid as he is fat; some languages have a separate equative
    case.
    https://<b>en.wikipedia.org</b>/wiki/<b>Equative</b>

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