Datapoint Creolese/Expletive subject of existential verb

In addition to the expletive subject as in Example 103, there is an option for a zero dummy pronoun, where there is, instead, a full NP available as subject. This can be seen in Example 104.

Values

An expletive subject is not used Frequency: 50.0%

Example 5-104:
luk dong so gat o chrii
luk
look
dong
down
so
so
gat
has
o
a
chrii
tree
Look, there is a tree down so.

Source: Rickford 1987: 218, line 1052

Confidence:
Very certain

An expletive subject is used Frequency: 50.0%

Example 5-103:
do taim laik di din gat iiryiiyeetid jringk su moch lek nou
do
that
taim
time
laik
like
di
3pl
din
didn't
gat
have
iiryiiyeetid
aerated
jringk
drink
su
so
moch
much
lek
like
nou
now
At that time aerated [carbonated] drinks weren't as plentiful as they are now.

Source: Rickford 1987: 254, line 1311

Confidence:
Very certain