173 Variant forms of dummy subject there in existential clauses
 | A - feature is pervasive or obligatory | 14 |
 | B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare | 15 |
 | C - feature exists, but is extremely rare | 8 |
 | D - attested absence of feature | 29 |
 | X - feature is not applicable (given the structural make-up of the variety/P/C) | 4 |
 | ? - no information on feature is available | 7 |
- Feature area:
- Agreement
- Typical example:
- They is something bad wrong with her; Itʼs a new person here ‘Thereʼs a new person here’; Ø ga li aystaz we grow pan dem [lit.: got little oysters REL grow on them] ‘There are small oysters growing (on the mangrove trees)’
- Example source:
- AppE (Montgomery 2008: 278); SEAmE (Wolfram 2008a: 484); BelC (Escure 2008: 758)
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