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Value An expletive subject is not used
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
References
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. parse
Examples
[...] parse-m ma N sabe kusia dretu.
[...]
[...]
parse=m
seem=
1sg
ma=N=sabe
comp
=
1sg
=know
kusia
cook
dretu.
well
[...] it seems to me that I know how to cook well.
See
da Silva 1987
: 42
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