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Example 22-170
Mama blongen i laik bai em go bek.
Mama
mother
blong-en
poss
-
3sg
i
pm
laik
like
bai
fut
em
3sg
go
go
bek.
back
Her mother wanted her to go back.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: 15 year old girl, West new Britain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
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