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Complements of 'think' and 'want'
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Identical complementizer
Example 18-156:
A tin se dem go fo maket.
A
1sg
.
sbj
tin
think
se
comp
dem
3pl
.
sbj
go
go
fo
for
maket.
market
I think they went to the market.
Source:
nd
Example 18-157:
Yu tin se yu papa go kom fo Douala?
Yu
2sg
.
sbj
tin
think
se
comp
yu
2sg
.
poss
papa
father
go
go
kom
come
fo
for
Douala?
Douala
Do you think that your father will come to Douala?
Source:
nd
Example 18-158:
Yu wan
se mek
yu papa kom fo Douala?
Yu
2sg
.
sbj
wan
want
se
comp
mek
make
yu
2sg
.
poss
papa
father
kom
come
fo
for
Douala?
Douala
Do you want your father to come to Douala?
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Feature:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Source:
Bellama et al. 1983
: 44
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