Assertion: demonstrative pronoun | /r/CapableOf | reassert the subject
Facets:
value: before a noun predicate
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The frequent use of 是 as a resumptive demonstrative pronoun that reasserted the subject before a noun predicate caused it to develop into its colloquial use as a copula by the Han period and subsequently its standard use as a copula in Modern Standard Chinese.