The language in question uses the same strategy for nominal predications, as in <i>He <b>is</b> a doctor</i>, as it does for locational predications, as in <i>He <b>is</b> by the sea</i> (adapted from Stassen 2008). <br><br> A 'no' value for this property includes languages like Mandarin, where a different predicational element is used in each case. Stassen (2008) provides examples like <i>nei-ge rén <b>shi</b> xuésheng</i> 'that-CLF person <b>is</b> student' for 'that person is a student,' in contrast to <i>Lısì <b>zái</b> hai-bian </i>for 'Lisi <b>be.at</b> ocean-side'. 
<br><br><b>Reference</b>
Stassen, Leon. 2008. Nominal and Locational Predication.
In Haspelmath et al. (2008). 
Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/119">http://wals.info/feature/119</a href>.
 
 