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Example 28-166
di mama suka M fi ʃima fan di wari ka
di
the
mama
mother
suku-a
want-
ipfv
M
m
fi
for
ʃima
move
fan
from
di
the
wari
house
ka
neg
The mother doesn't want M. to move out of the house.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 324
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
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