Identity / Classification
What is it? Who is who?
Significato
A relation that identifies, names, classifies, or equates one participant with another role, class, or label.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask whether the sentence says that X is Y or belongs to a class.
Esempi
doctor|teacher|friend|problem
my brother is a doctor|this is a mistake
She is a doctor.
Visual guide
Identity/class frame: X = Y She = a doctor person = class/role Meaning: X belongs to Y
Same link, different marking: [She] [is] [a doctor] [She] [doctor] zero BE [She] [doctor-CASE] Marking changes; X = Y stays.
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Identity and classification usually use essere and articles often appear with nouns.
Lei è una dottoressa.
She is a doctor.
Nella tua lingua di studio
In inglese identità e classificazione usano comunemente be; con nomi numerabili singolari di solito serve anche un articolo, come a in a doctor.
She is a doctor.
is a doctor = classificazione
Gli studenti possono dire She doctor oppure omettere l’articolo in She is a doctor.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.