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Martinican Creole
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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is used Frequency: 50.0%
Example 51-106:
I ni anlo moun.
I
3sg
ni
have
anlo
much
moun.
people
There are a lot of people.
Confidence:
Certain
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An expletive subject is not used Frequency: 50.0%
Example 51-107:
Ni anlo moun.
Ni
have
anlo
much
moun.
people
There are a lot of people.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Martinican Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Language:
Martinican Creole
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
Ludwig 1996
: 338-339
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