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Example 25-320
Lukat, hi wana teikim dijey.
Lukat,
look.out
hi
3sg
wana
want
teik-im
take-
tr
dij-ey.
prox
-way
Look out, he wants to take it this way!
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a complement clause of
wana
'want' with subject control.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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