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Value 'There is no 'seem' construction
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
References
Rickford 1987
: 163, line 550
Examples
laik ii kyaan stomik di blod
laik
like
ii
3sg
kyaan
cannot
stomik
stomach
di
the
blod
blood
(It seems) like she couldn't stomach the blood.
See
Rickford 1987
: 161, line 550
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