Thank you. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your response. This was a very difficult thing to untangle in my mind, though once I separated the two registers, I couldn't understand why it confuses me so much.
As to the naming of the verb; I was strongly tempted to call it the assertive or copula verb, but since I intended it as a supplement to MacLaren's Gaelic Self-Taught, I decided I should stick to their terminology.
Besides which, I can't find the Gaelic for the word "copula".
And I want to thank you again, your response led me to looking over the original again and I discovered several typos and mistakes (since corrected). (I hope.)
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It's described as the Copula, and as the Assertive verb in other grammar books.
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As to the naming of the verb; I was strongly tempted to call it the assertive or copula verb, but since I intended it as a supplement to MacLaren's Gaelic Self-Taught, I decided I should stick to their terminology.
Besides which, I can't find the Gaelic for the word "copula".
And I want to thank you again, your response led me to looking over the original again and I discovered several typos and mistakes (since corrected). (I hope.)
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