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Example 21-135
I didn't know he had two wives.
I
1sg
didn't
do.
pst
.
neg
know
know
he
3sg
had
have.
pst
two
two
wives.
wife.
pl
I didn't know he had two wives.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Wee and Ansaldo 2004
: 58
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
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