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Complements of 'think' and 'want'
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No complementizer
Example 6-104:
Ah know some of allyuh tink is only TNT ah talking about.
Ah
1sg
know
know
some
some
of
of
allyuh
2pl
tink
think
is
is
only
only
TNT
TNT
ah
1sg
talking
talk.
prog
about.
about
I know that some of you think that I am only talking about TNT (Trinidad and Tobago).
Example 6-132:
Ah want allyuh to tell me.
Ah
I
want
want
allyuh
you
to
to
tell
tell
me.
me
I want you to tell me.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Feature:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Source:
Own corpus data
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