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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Pichi
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Yakpo 2009
Examples
[...]
è
no
gɛt
tɔk nà Pichi.
[...]
[...]
è
3sg
.
sbj
no
neg
gɛt
have
tɔk
talk
nà
loc
Pichi.
Pichi
[...] there's no word (for that) in Pichi.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 316
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