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Example 23-155
tingting blong mi mi wantem wok tumas
ting~ting
think~think
blong
poss
mi
1sg
mi
1sg
wantem
want
wok
work
tumas
very
My thinking was I wanted to work really badly.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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