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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 26-78:
gɛʔ big kaɪn ʃaks
gɛʔ
exist
big
big
kaɪn
kind
ʃak-s
shark-
pl
There are big sharks (here).
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 163
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 163
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