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Example 7-157
Pikni fo so de a beisaid.
Pikni
child
fo
for
so
so
de
exist
a
loc
bei-said.
bay-side
There are lots of children at the bayside. OR: A lot of children are at the bayside.
Comment:
This utterance illustrates the pattern NP + LOC.COP + place.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 183
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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