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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
References
Escure 1992
Examples
Krab waak onda wata i luk layk musa fu howaz.
Krab
crab
waak
walk
onda
under
wata
water
i
it
luk
look
layk
like
musa
must
fu
for
howaz.
hours
Crabs walk under water, it seems they do it (stay submerged) for hours.
See
Escure 1992
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