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Example 21-105
There is food on the table. ~ Table got food.
There
there
is
be.
sg
food
food
on
on
the
det
table.
table
~
Table
table
got
have
food.
food
There is food on the table.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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