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Complements of 'think' and 'want'
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Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
Example 13-175:
Bot John ain wahn fa gree fa bactize Jedus.
Bot
but
John
John
ain
neg
.
aux
wahn
want
fa
for
gree
agree
fa
for
bactize
baptize
Jedus.
Jesus
But John didn't want to agree to baptize Jesus. (Mt 3.14)
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 8
Example 13-176:
Ya mus dohn tink
say
dat
A come fa git rid ob de Law wa God gii Moses.
Ya
you
mus
must
dohn
don't
tink
think
say
comp
dat
comp
A
I
come
come
fa
for
git
get
rid
rid
ob
of
de
the
Law
law
wa
what
God
God
gii
give
Moses.
Moses
You must not think that I came to get rid of the law that God gave Moses. (Mt 5.17)
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 13
Example 13-177:
E ain wahn nobody fa know e dey.
E
3sg
ain
neg
.
aux
wahn
want
nobody
nobody
fa
to
know
know
e
3sg
dey.
there
He doesn't want anybody to know he is there. (Mk 7.24)
Source:
Anonymous 2005
: 144
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Gullah
by
Thomas B. Klein
cite
Language:
Gullah
Feature:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Source:
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