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Example 7-156
Jan (lok) laik i a go win.
Jan
John
(lok)
(look)
laik
like
i
3sg
a
prog
go
irr
win.
win
It seems that John will win.
Comment:
A (full) NP can be used in utterance initial position, so that a raising construction arises. In this case,
lok
is very often omitted.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 121
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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