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Example 18-34

Somtin(g) bin happen.

Somtin(g)

something

bin

pst

happen.

happen

Something happened.

Type:: elicited from speaker
Source:: nd

Language:

Cameroon Pidgin English by Anne Schröder

Datapoints:

Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something

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