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Value An expletive subject is not used
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Nickel and Wilner 1984
Examples
Merki no de srefisrefi a foto.
Merki
milk
no
neg
de
cop
srefisrefi
at.all
a
loc
foto.
city
There isn’t any milk at all in town.
See
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 21
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