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Existential verb and transitive possession verb
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Example 21-104:
We have/got food.
We
1pl
have/got
have
food.
food
We have food.
Example 21-105:
There is food on the table. ~ Table got food.
There
there
is
be.
sg
food
food
on
on
the
det
table.
table
~
Table
table
got
have
food.
food
There is food on the table.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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