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Example 19-117
*
Bòyé
fiba
gɛt mɔ̀ní.
*Bòyé
Boye
fiba
resemble
gɛt
have
mɔ̀ní.
money
NOT: Boye seems to have money.
Comment:
When employed with the meaning 'seem' the stative verb
fiba
may not take a reduced complement clause.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 417
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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