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Example 16-84
wì gɛt difrɛn fɔrɛnɛs we dè dè kam
wì
1pl
gɛt
get
difrɛn
different
fɔrɛnɛs
foreigners
we
comp
dè
3pl
dè
hab
kam
come
There are different foreigners who come.
Comment:
Existential expressed by
wì gεt
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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