Participants, events and states
Events and states
Identity and classification
What is it? Who is who?
predicate
predicate noun
agreement
classification
의미
A relation that identifies, names, classifies, or equates one participant with another role, class, or label.
알아보는 방법
Ask whether the sentence says that X is Y or belongs to a class.
Visual guide
Identity/class frame: X = Y She = a doctor person = class/role Meaning: X belongs to Y
모국어에서는
한국어
Identity and classification are commonly expressed with the copula 이다 and its spoken forms 이에요/예요.
저는 학생이에요.