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Example 7-87
I ga plenti piiplo ina dis hous ya.
I
3sg
.
n
ga
get
plenti
plenty
piiplo
people
in-a
in-
pcl
dis
dem
hous
house
ya.
here
There are many people in this house.
Comment:
3SG.N refers to the third person singular neutral subject pronoun. PCL refers to particle.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Three-way contrast
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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