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Value The complement subject is left implicit
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
‘Want’ complement subjects
Examples
à wan kɔmɔt nɔ frɔm dɛ [...] slipin ples
à
1sg
wan
want
kɔmɔt
come.out
nɔ
foc
frɔm
from
dɛ
art
[...]
[...]
slipin
sleeping
ples
place
I wanted to leave the sleeping place.
See
Huber 1999
: 212
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