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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used Frequency: 64.3%
Example 21-86:
Table got food.
Table
table
got
have
food.
food
There is food on the table.
Confidence:
Very certain
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An expletive subject is used Frequency: 35.7%
Example 21-85:
There is food on the table.
There
there
is
be.
3sg
food
food
on
on
the
det
table.
table
There is food on the table.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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