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Example 72-95
Ah pirlpirlji jarrwa ebriweya.
Ah
ah
pirlpirlji
grasshopper
jarrwa
lots
ebriweya.
everywhere
Ah, there's lots of grasshoppers everywhere!
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Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2003-2006
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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