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Example 9-179
A tiŋk i se i wuda me wan kos ina akawntin.
A
1sg
tiŋk
think
i
3sg
se
say
i
3sg
wuda
would
me
ant
wan
want
kos
course
ina
in
akawntin.
accounting
I think that he says that he would have wanted to take an accounting course.
Comment:
This construction has a zero complementizer.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1997
: 48
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
Complements of 'think' and 'want': No complementizer
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