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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Maurer 2009
: 58f.
Examples
Ê
tê ningê nhon di pasa lala fa.
Ê
expl
tê
have
ningê
person
nhon
no
di
of
pasa
pass
lala
there
fa.
neg
There is nobody who passes by over there.
See
Maurer 2009
: 58
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