Abstract
Abstract Some verbs, as predicate head, require just NPs as core arguments, whereas others may accept an NP or a complement clause in certain roles. For instance, in English one can say IA tried [ the pudding]O, with an NP in O slot, or IA tried [ to eat the pudding]O, with a complement clause in O slot. There are three main types of complement clause in English, each with distinctive meaning‘sing, that, and (for) to. In English, complement clauses most frequently occur in O slot, for example: For a full account of complement clauses in English, see Dixon (1991: 32-84, 207-66). Jarawara has just one type of complement clause that can function as core argument in the main clause.
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