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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is used
Example 13-120:
It is starvation dere.
It
expl
.
sbj
is
cop
starvation
starvation
dere.
there
There is starvation there.
Source:
Turner [1949] 2002
: 262
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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