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Example 53-365
Mo te p ole li kone mo te fe housework aprè lekòl.
Mo
1sg
te
pst
p
neg
ole
want
li
3sg
kone
know
mo
1sg
te
pst
fe
do
<housework>
housework
aprè
after
lekòl.
school
I didn't want him to know that I did housework after school.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 231
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'want' complement has a complementizer
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