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Example 25-102
Dubala bin nomo laigim bolorrimap langa mibala.
Dubala
3du
bin
pst
nomo
neg
laig-im
like-
tr
bolor-im-ap
follow-
tr
-up
langa
loc
mibala.
1pl
The two didn't want to follow us.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates a complement of 'like, want' without a complementizer.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 63
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Dual in independent personal pronouns: Dual form in all three persons
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’: Experiencer is subject
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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