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African American English
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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is used Frequency: 75.0%
Example 14-81:
It/Dey got a lot of books on the table.
It/Dey
expl
got
got
a
a
lot
lot
of
of
books
books
on
on
the
the
table.
table
There are a lot of books on the table.
Confidence:
Very certain
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An expletive subject is not used Frequency: 25.0%
Example 14-82:
Got a lot of books on the table.
Ø
expl
got
got
a
a
lot
lot
of
of
books
books
on
on
the
the
table.
table
There are a lot of books on the table.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Language:
African American English
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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