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Example 52-100
Marie vlé pati
Marie
Mary
vlé
want
pati
leave
Mary wants to go.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
Complements of 'think' and 'want': No complementizer
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