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‘Want’ complement subjects
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The complement subject is left implicit
Example 23-155:
tingting blong mi mi wantem wok tumas
ting~ting
think~think
blong
poss
mi
1sg
mi
1sg
wantem
want
wok
work
tumas
very
My thinking was I wanted to work really badly.
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
‘Want’ complement subjects
Source:
Meyerhoff 2000a
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