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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
Examples
It luk laka se im ago kil im wid lik.
It
3sg
luk
look
laka
like
se
comp
im
3sg
ago
fut
kil
kill
im
3sg
wid
with
lik.
blow
It appears that he is going to beat him to death.
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