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Value The complement subject is expressed overtly
Language:
Sango
Parameter:
‘Want’ complement subjects
References
Samarin 1967
: 117ff
Examples
mbi yi mbi gwe
mbi
1sg
yi
want
mbi
1sg
gwe
go
I want to go.
mbi ka ngasa titene futa lapoo
mbi
1sg
ka
sell
ngasa
goat
titene
in.order.to
futa
pay
lapoo
tax
I sold a goat to pay the tax.
See
Bouquiaux et al. 1978
: 341B
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