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Value Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
References
Kriegel 2004
Examples
Mon kroir ou en pé fatige.
Mon
1sg
krwar
think
ou
2sg
en
a
pe
little.bit
fatige.
tired
I think you are a little bit tired.
French:
Je crois qu tu es un peu fatiguée aujourd'hui. (Michaelis 1993: 119)
See
Michaelis 1993
: 119
Mari ti a oule son garson al kot lakour.
Mari
Mari
ti
pst
a
fut
oule
want
son
poss
.
3sg
garson
son
al
go
kot
at
lakour.
house
Mari would like her son to go home.
Pa bezwen kwar
pourdir
en zwazo i ponn toulezour.
Pa
neg
bezwen
need
kwar
believe
pourdir
comp
en
indf
zwazo
bird
i
pm
ponn
lay
toulezour.
every.day
(You) shouldn't believe that a bird lays (an egg) every day.
French:
Il ne faut pas croire qu'un oiseau pond tous les jours. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 197)
See
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 196
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