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Example 22-171
Mipla ting
olsem
em bai givim mipla hat fanishment nau.
Mipla
1pl
.
excl
ting
think
olsem
comp
em
3sg
bai
fut
givim
give.
tr
mipla
1pl
.
excl
hat
hard
fanishment
punishment
nau.
now
We thought that he would give us hard punishment now.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: 16 year old girl, Manus
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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