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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Rickford 1987
: 254, 1311
Examples
do taim laik di din gat iiryiiyeetid jringk su moch lek nou
do
that
taim
time
laik
like
di
3pl
din
didn't
gat
have
iiryiiyeetid
aerated
jringk
drink
su
so
moch
much
lek
like
nou
now
At that time aerated [carbonated] drinks weren't as plentiful as they are now.
See
Rickford 1987
: 254, line 1311
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