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Value Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Examples
Mi tink
se
da wan gud ting.
Mi
1sg
tink
think
se
comp
da
dem
wan
art
.
indf
gud
good
ting.
thing
I think that's a good thing.
Ihn waahn evribady
fi
get hapi.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
evri-bady
every-body
fi
comp
get
get
hapi.
happy
He wants everybody to become happy.
See
Bartens 2003
: 103
Ihn waahn ihn vais fi kom fain.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
ihn
3sg
.
poss
vais
voice
fi
comp
kom
come
fain.
fine
He wanted his voice to sound nice.
Ihn tink se ihn son de huom.
Ihn
3sg
tink
think
se
comp
ihn
3sg
.
poss
son
son
de
cop
.
loc
huom.
home
She thinks that her son is at home.
Ihn waahn ihn son fi stan huom.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
ihn
3sg
.
poss
son
son
fi
comp
stan
stand
huom.
home
She wants her son to stay at home.
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