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Example 6-67
It luk laik rain comin.
It
it
luk
look
laik
like
rain
rain
comin.
come.
prog
It seems as if it's going to rain.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Informant
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
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Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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