Editing Grammatical conjugation (section)

===Nonverbal person agreement===
In some languages,<ref>Stassen, Leon; '''Intransitive Predication (Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory)'''; published 1997 by [[Oxford University Press]]; p. 39. {{ISBN|0-19-925893-7}}</ref> predicative [[adjective]]s and [[copula (linguistics)|copular]] complements receive a form of person agreement that is distinct from that used on ordinary [[predicative verb]]s. Although that is a form of conjugation in that it refers back to the person of the subject, it is not "verbal" because it always derives from [[pronouns]] that have become [[clitic]] to the nouns to which they refer.<ref>Stassen; '''Intransitive Predication'''; pp. 77 & 284-288</ref> An example of nonverbal person agreement, along with contrasting verbal conjugation, can be found from [[Beja language|Beja]]<ref name="Stassen40">Stassen, '''Intransitive Predication'''; p. 40</ref> (person agreement affixes in bold):

* {{lang|bej-latn|wun.tu.'''wi'''}}, “you (fem.) are big”
* {{lang|bej-latn|hadá.b.'''wa'''}}, “you (masc.) are a sheik”
* {{lang|bej-latn|'''e'''.n.fór}}, “he flees”

Another example can be found from [[Ket language|Ket]]:<ref name="Stassen40"/>

* {{lang|ket-latn|fèmba.'''di'''}}, “I am a [[Tungusic peoples|Tungus]]”
* {{lang|ket-latn|'''dɨ'''.fen}}, “I am standing”

In [[Turkic languages|Turkic]], and a few [[Uralic languages|Uralic]] and [[indigenous Australian languages|Australian Aboriginal languages]], predicative adjectives and copular complements take affixes that are identical to those used on predicative verbs, but their [[negation (linguistics)|negation]] is different. For example, in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]:

* {{lang|tr|koş.u.yor.'''sun'''}} “you are running”
* {{lang|tr|çavuş.'''sun'''}} “you are a sergeant”

Under negation, that becomes (negative affixes in bold):

* {{lang|tr|koş.'''mu'''.yor.sun}} “you are not running”
* {{lang|tr|çavuş '''değil'''.sin}} “you are not a sergeant”

Therefore, the person agreement affixes used with predicative adjectives and nominals in Turkic languages are considered to be nonverbal in character. In some analyses, they are viewed as a form of verbal takeover by a copular strategy.