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Example 14-136
Bruce wants his book to be on the table.
Bruce
Bruce
wants
wants
his
his
book
book
to
to
be
be
on
on
the
the
table.
table
Bruce wants his book to be on the table.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
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