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Slave
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'Want' Complement Subjects
Language:
Slave
Feature:
'Want' Complement Subjects
by
Martin Haspelmath
Value:
Subject is expressed overtly
Examples
Sentence igt-811:
John [náohzéh] enįdhę.
John
John
[náohzéh]
1sg
.
opt
.hunt
enįdhę.
3.want
John wants to hunt. (Literally: 'John wants: 'Let me hunt'.')
References
Rice 1989
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