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Example 14-81
It/Dey got a lot of books on the table.
It/Dey
expl
got
got
a
a
lot
lot
of
of
books
books
on
on
the
the
table.
table
There are a lot of books on the table.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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