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Trinidad English Creole
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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is used Frequency: 70.0%
Example 6-68:
It have rum in de house.
It
it
have
exist
rum
rum
in
prep
de
det
house.
house
There is rum in the house.
Confidence:
Very certain
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An expletive subject is not used Frequency: 30.0%
Example 6-69:
In de yard have tri cow.
In
in
de
det
yard
yard
have
exist
tri
three
cow.
cow
There are three cows in the yard.
Confidence:
Uncertain
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
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Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Informant
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