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By R. M. W. Dixon,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

A supplement clause is used rather than a noun word; for instance one could say both I heard [the consequence] or I heard [that England beat France]. Languages missing supplement clauses hire complementation ideas to accomplish comparable semantic effects. targeted experiences of specific languages, together with Akkadian, Israeli, Jarawara, and Pennsylvania German, are framed by way of R.M. W. Dixon's creation, which units out the diversity of concerns, and his end, which attracts jointly the proof and the arguments.

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