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'Want' Complement Subjects
Language:
Dagbani
Feature:
'Want' Complement Subjects
by
Martin Haspelmath
Value:
Subject is expressed overtly
Examples
Sentence igt-69:
Doo maa daa bɔri [ni o ŋubi noo].
Doo
man
maa
the
daa
td
bɔri
want
[ni
subord
o
he
ŋubi
chew
noo].
fowl
The man wanted to eat fowl.
References
Olawsky 1999
cite
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