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Datapoint Bahamian Creole/Variant forms of dummy subject there in existential clauses
Variety:
Bahamian Creole
Feature:
Variant forms of dummy subject there in existential clauses
Value:
A - feature is pervasive or obligatory
Informants:
Stephanie Hackert
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Examples
Example 1429:
(Turtle, is there much turtle now?) No, don't have turtle round.
(Are there a lot of turtles now?) No, there aren't any turtles around.
Source:
Shilling 1978
: 145
Example 1430:
See, it's a mermaid pool where I live, it's a mermaid pool where I live, and you see - you can't – you can't see bottom in it – it got three shelf.
… there's a mermaid pool where I live … you can't see the bottom in it, [because] it has three shelves.
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