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Example 17-98
Ì ge̱t wo̱n nyam.
Ì
3sg
.
sbj
.
expl
ge̱t
have
wo̱n
one
nyam.
yam
There is one yam.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 53
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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