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Value Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
Language:
Vincentian Creole
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Examples
If yo tingk (dat) a lai fain.
If
if
yo
2sg
tingk
think
(dat)
(that)
a
1sg
lai
lie
fain.
fine
If you think I am lying, fine.
See
Prescod 2004
: A13
Hu yo tingk se so?
Hu
who
yo
sbj
tingk
think
se
say
so?
so
Who do you think said that?
Dem waan mi (fo) go jeil.
Dem
3pl
waan
want
mi
1sg
(fo)
(for)
go
go
jeil.
jail
They want me to go to jail.
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