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Example 3-139
A ké faa go.
A
3sg
ké
want
faa
for.
3sg
go.
go
He wants to go.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork data
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is expressed overtly
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