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Example 14-105
It had some breaded chicken sticks. Dey had some good French fries, too.
It
expl
had
have.
pst
.
exist
some
some
breaded
breaded
chicken
chicken
sticks.
sticks
Dey
expl
had
have.
pst
.
exist
some
some
good
good
French
French
fries,
fries
too.
too
There were some breaded chicken sticks. There were some good French fries, too.
Comment:
These expletive constructions may be limited to certain varieties of African American English.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Green 2002
: 81
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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